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I'm unbelievably excited to be seeing one of my all-time favorite actors, Paul Gross, in King Lear today at the Stratford Festival. I'd been saving his episodes on the Outrageous Fortune podcast for the drive up, and I'm so glad I did. Listening to him talk about the play, and the struggles and rewards of making art more generally, was the perfect teaser for the performance and made me unexpectedly emotional more than once. #SeeMoreTheatre

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I love having this Norton Shakespeare for its completeness, but dang! It is not easy on the eyes. Also, every time I drag it our hubby jokes I paid a dollar a pound…funny every time…

King Lear is a quintessential tragedy. I need to find a version to watch, now that I‘ve got more of the story down. This was my first time through this one, and I imagine I‘ll read it again someday with the kiddo.

Well…that‘s a mighty useful term…kind of a jack-of-all-trades…

Confession: I got through a BA in English and an MA in Humanities without ever taking a Shakespeare class (I read Tempest for MA). I‘m very slowly reading some on my own, and decided to tackle King Lear. I didn‘t realize there were multiple versions (should have, being Shakespeare). What to do? So I‘m reading the Conflated version that follows this side-by-side set to confuse myself less. 😆

When Cordelia leaves with the King of France after being disinherited, or rather disowned by King Lear for failing to publicly proclaim her love for him I wanted to break out a bottle of Cabernet in honor of the French King who rebukes Cordelia's other suitor the Duke of Burgundy, “Loves' not love/When it is mingled with regards that stands/Aloof from th' entire point Will you have her?/She is herself a dowry.“ Needless to say, my sympathies👇

I overruled a couple Shakespeare plays earlier in my list, but K gets Lear - perhaps the most difficult and complex of his plays. In many ways this is his most interesting play. And I really like bitter witty fools and imaging the Cliff of Dover on stage. And I don‘t really have many other great K‘s.

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I'll be writing a full review in the next day or so, but I just want to say that this is my first time reading King Lear & I have long suspected it would be a new favorite Shakespeare. I was right. Top tier.

There‘s no shame in my game...checking off another Shakespeare! 📖

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Reading “King Lear“ made me wonder why I've never thought of Shakespeare and his works before. Such a shame...
This play covered most of my favourite subjects...
Madness
A wise fool
A wretched soul (Edgar) returning stronger than ever
Love and hatred between family members
The fall of a once powerful king

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