Tom BarrettinCounter ArtsA Happy Ending or Tragic Ending: Can an Ending Be Both?Using Shakespeare’s King Lear and The Taming of the Shrew to explore the concept of endings.Feb 96
Alexander BersiaKing Lear: The mystery and complexity of EdgarThe character of Edgar is often considered by modern audiences and critics to be less interesting than his devilish bastard brother…Dec 21, 20171
Jasmin JamesThe Slippery Slope of Villainy in King LearOn the conflict between love and duty and the validity of competing truthsDec 4, 2023Dec 4, 2023
Gavin PaulReading King Lear in the Age of TrumpTwo years ago, I wrote “Comrade with the Wolf and Owl,” a short piece arguing that King Lear offers powerful commentary on the consumer…Jun 16, 2017Jun 16, 2017
Irondale Ensemble ProjectWhat’s on Jim’s Mind (Issue #170)I’m a bit under the weather today, so I ask you to think of this as “Last Week’s Letter From Jim Part Two” or (for those among you who took…Nov 29, 2023Nov 29, 2023
Tom BarrettinCounter ArtsA Happy Ending or Tragic Ending: Can an Ending Be Both?Using Shakespeare’s King Lear and The Taming of the Shrew to explore the concept of endings.Feb 96
Alexander BersiaKing Lear: The mystery and complexity of EdgarThe character of Edgar is often considered by modern audiences and critics to be less interesting than his devilish bastard brother…Dec 21, 20171
Jasmin JamesThe Slippery Slope of Villainy in King LearOn the conflict between love and duty and the validity of competing truthsDec 4, 2023
Gavin PaulReading King Lear in the Age of TrumpTwo years ago, I wrote “Comrade with the Wolf and Owl,” a short piece arguing that King Lear offers powerful commentary on the consumer…Jun 16, 2017
Irondale Ensemble ProjectWhat’s on Jim’s Mind (Issue #170)I’m a bit under the weather today, so I ask you to think of this as “Last Week’s Letter From Jim Part Two” or (for those among you who took…Nov 29, 2023
Roy WangClosure, Colors, Kings: Graphic Novelizations of King LearAny adaptation of an original work is subject to the perspective of the adaptor. Subconscious or intentional, subtle or blatant, the…Jan 3, 2021
Nicole DakeKing Lear: Who we are, and who we are supposed to be.Letters from a younger me — 2008Feb 5, 2022