Opening Lines
King Lear - Episode One
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John Yorke looks at King Lear, the brutal tragedy that some claim is Shakespeare’s greatest achievement.
When Lear, the 80 year old king of ancient Britain, decides that the time has come to divide his kingdom among his three daughters, he unwittingly sets in motion a catastrophic chain of events that will tear apart both his family and his realm. In this first of two episodes, the focus is on…