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As more Americans go ‘no contact’ with their parents, they live out a dilemma at the heart of Shakespeare’s ‘King Lear’

Is blood thicker than water? Should family always come first?

The Conversation

A Tupperware of Ashes review: Muddled Alzheimer’s play is well-acted, but a tough slog

Tanika Gupta’s play follows a mother whose mind is disintegrating as her children rally around

The Independent UK

James Earl Jones obituary

American actor hailed for his many classical roles whose voice became known to millions as that of Darth Vader in Star Wars

The Guardian - UK

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Donald Trump is desperate to land a punch on Kamala Harris. But he fails

Trump frantically attempts to find the key to a negative campaign against Harris. But, like the mad King Lear, he spins into agitation and confusion

The Guardian - US

‘The immortal Gods alone have neither age nor death’: Wisdom from Greek tragedies for Joe Biden

President Joe Biden’s current fraught situation, showcasing both his weakness and his determination, is dramatic because it touches upon more than the political moment and more than one man’s character.

The Conversation

Private Rites by Julia Armfield review – in deep water

Dysfunctional families and queer desire at the end of the world, in a compelling vision of climate breakdown

The Guardian - UK

Judi Dench on trigger warnings: if you’re that sensitive, avoid the theatre

Oscar-winning actor enters row about pre-performance advisories, suggesting they kill the surprise of seeing drama in your own way

The Guardian - UK

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‘His body was a tool telling truths’: Julian Clary and Juliet Stevenson on one actor’s extraordinary exit

Simon Chambers’ film about his late uncle David makes for candid and compelling viewing. Along with one of David’s former pupils, and a fan of his film, he talks care, contempt and infatuation

The Guardian - UK

Much Ado About Dying review – brave, loving record of an actor uncle’s last days

Simon Chambers’ documentary is unsparing in capturing his theatrical relation’s endearing, sometimes desperate and often infuriating decline

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: An Enemy of the People; King Lear; Double Feature – review

Matt Smith heads a rousing adaptation of Ibsen for a bruised world; Danny Sapani and co lean into the storm in Yaël Farber’s liberating Lear. Plus, Hollywood power play the hard way

The Guardian - UK

King Lear review – Yaël Farber’s modern-dress take is shockingly vicious and supremely moving

The set is a marvel, the performances are electric and the ending – with Lear raging and trembling in a hospital gown on the heath – is profoundly tragic

The Guardian - UK

King Lear and Barbie are stepping out in the capital

Faure's Requiem and a Dan Sultan gig are also on.

The Canberra Times

Headaches at Fox as Lachlan Murdoch takes reins from father Rupert

Tycoon’s eldest son promises ‘no change’ in Fox News strategy but suite of legal claims threaten to derail family empire

The Guardian - US

Acrobats, throat singing and Shakespeare: welcome to the Mongol Khan, London's wildest new theatre production

This is the first time a Mongolian play has ever been exported outside of the country

Evening Standard

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A plague on both their houses? Politicos grapple with 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's First Folio

William Shakespeare’s works are not short of insight on the perils of power and “vaulting ambition”. Some are dramatically relevant to this era of war and ceaseless tension, from Richard III to Julius Caesar and King Lear.

The Guardian - UK

OK, Kenneth Branagh isn’t great as King Lear – but have you seen his abs?

From Daniel Radcliffe to Paul Mescal, a star name will fill theatres. And if most of the audience aren’t there for the acting, that’s not always a bad thing

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: King Lear; Lyonesse; Pied Piper – review

Kenneth Branagh savours Lear’s words rather too much; Kristin Scott Thomas and co are left high and dry in Cornwall; but at BAC, a beatbox Pied Piper you would follow anywhere…

Evening Standard

King Lear at the Wyndham’s Theatre review: Kenneth Branagh's radical, youthful Lear tugs at the soul

Though his take on 'the actor's Everest' initially fails to ignite, in the final third Branagh's performance is truly moving

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The Guardian - UK

I’m Sorry, Prime Minister, I Can’t Quite Remember: Hacker and Sir Humphrey’s last hurrah

Jonathan Lynn’s new play finds the political double act in their 80s, in a suitable final chapter to a magnificent comic project

The Guardian - UK

Sir Michael Gambon obituary

Versatile actor with a magnificent presence who starred in The Singing Detective and the Harry Potter films

The Guardian - UK

Is King Lear a mountain or molehill? How to play the tragic monarch and ‘stupid old fart’

Paul Scofield, Ian McKellen and Glenda Jackson have all redefined Shakespeare’s unpredictable ruler – a role in which actors usually succeed

AAP

Bell chimes in with a Succession plan fit for a king

Bell Shakespeare is staging its first production of the Bard's classic play King Lear in 13 years, as part of its 2024 season.

The Guardian - UK

In memory of Glenda Jackson: ‘She touched something central about what it means to be alive’

Two people who watched the actor and Labour politician closely remember the desire to get to the truth that made her so powerful on stage, screen and in parliament

The Guardian - UK

Glenda Jackson was piercingly intelligent and unafraid to take risks

The actor and former MP, who has died aged 87, displayed courage and a sharp mind, on stage and in politics

The Guardian - UK

Glenda Jackson, fearless actor and politician, dies aged 87

Her singular passion lit up performances from Women in Love to King Lear and drove her 23-year middle career as an MP

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