The Latest Breaking News from King Lear

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

Succession has come to an end after four seasons, and we know the fate of the Roy siblings…

Sigourney Weaver explains how King Lear helped her work on her character for the Master Gardener.

It will mark the actor and director’s first stage role since The Winter’s Tale in 2015

The play, which the actor has described as being pertinent to our ‘savage and judgmental’ political climate, will run for 50 performances in the West End before transferring to the US

The 10 songs that defined Bobby 'Blitz' Ellsworth's career, from helping define East Coast thrash with Overkill to surviving grunge and still going strong 40+ years on

The suffering is on an operatic scale in this adaptation of Hanya Yanagihara’s Booker-nominated novel — but to what end, asks Jason Okundaye

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are advised that this article names and quotes a deceased person.

Research suggests fathers of girls have more empathy for women. But as King Lear and new movie Aftersun show, there are plenty of challenges along the way

The last few years in politics have gifted the keen observer many allusions to some of Shakespeare’s best-loved works. From the Midsummer Night’s (fever) Dream the electorate might think they are experiencing while looking on at parliament to All’s Well That Ends Well (or is it?).

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