As Shakespeare’s king, Conleth Hill is at his best when the storm is up and the brain befuddled. But this staging is short on ...

We don’t get many productions of Shakespeare in Dublin, so the Gate tackling King Lear is most welcome. It is the story of ...

If Godard’s filmography was placed on a spectrum from linear to discombobulated, King Lear (1987), his postmodern interpretation of Shakespeare’s work, would fall somewhere near the middle. In theory, ...

At Shakespeare Theatre Company, “Kunene and the King” attempts to capture the legacy of South African racism with an unlikely ...

Sometimes it takes a dark period to fully appreciate aspects of life that we often take for granted. The arts are no ...

Shakespeare's King Lear is a tragedy. King Lear decides to divide his kingdom among his three daughters. His daughters Goneril and Regan, pay homage to the king in order to gain his favor and their ...

Or when a patriarch succumbs to flattery over a more difficult truth? Shakespeare asks these questions and more in King Lear, his study of political vacuums and family dynamics. The ageing King ...

I’m trying hard to be optimistic about the country’s government. At times it seems like a madcap tragicomedy featuring Trump, multicolored hair and pumpkin-colored face, at once oblivious, but also ...

Read our review of King Lear at Dublin's Gate Theatre. This take on Shakespeare’s formidable human tragedy features an ...