Join Claire Curtis-Ward, Samantha Blinn, Sam Gibbs, Levi Morger, Rafe Terrizzi and Ariana Karp as we explore Act II of Shakespeare’s King Lear.
- The significance of setting-Gloucester’s Castle
- The two meanings of Nature
- The Fool’s silence during the "unnatural hags" scene
- The consequences of cruelty
- Who is the “everyman”?
- Feigned madness versus “true” madness
- The power of family love/hate
- The second circle of address and the relationship to the audience for each of the characters
Sir Ian McKellen as Lear