King Lear shows how Shakespeare adapted a well known fairy tale and turned it into a dark play about family relationships.
Choose from the many transcripts and audio files of well known actors and directors discussing how tyranny and rejection between parents and children can lead to extreme cruelty, suffering and madness.
Richard Eyre's recent production at the National theatre has been hailed as one of the greatest and most accessible this century. In a frank interview he discusses his interpretation of the play and why it is essentially about families.
