Shakespeare's KING LEAR

Shakespeare's KING LEAR

1. Literature

   • STATION ELEVEN (2014) by Emily St. John Mandel
     • opens w/ Toronto production of King Lear
     • Characters
       • Arthur Leander = Lear
       • Miranda = Cordelia
     • Themes
       • Egotism
       • Power
       • Regret
   • FOOL (2009) by Christopher Moore
     • Perspective of the Fool
     • Same setting
   • A THOUSAND ACRES (1991) by Jane Smiley
     • Similar plot structure
     • Character parallels
       • Larry = Lear
         • Successful Iowa farmer
       • Ginny = Goneril
       • Rose = Regan
       • Caroline = Cordelia
     • Perspective of Ginny/Goneril
     • Themes
       • Father-daughter relations
       • Generational divide
       • Appearance vs. reality

2. Film

   • RAN (1985) directed by Akira Kurosawa
     • Characters
       • Hidetora = Lear
         • Japanese warlord
       • Taro = Goneril
       • Jiro = Regan
       • Saburo = Cordelia
     • Themes
       • Warfare
       • Nihilism
       • Intergenerational conflict
   • A THOUSAND ACRES (1997) directed by Jocelyn Moorehouse
   • KING OF TEXAS (2002) directed by Uli Edel
     • Characters
       • John Lear = King Lear
         • Texas oil baron
       • Susannah = Goneril
       • Rebecca = Regan
       • Claudia = Cordelia
     • Same plot structure
   • THE GODFATHER PART III (1990) directed by Francis Ford Coppola
     • Characters
       • Michael Corleone
         • Aging mafia boss
         • Sobs over daughter's dying body
       • Mary = Cordelia

3. Television

   • WESTWORLD (2016) HBO TV series
     • Peter Abernathy quotes Lear
       • "When we are born we cry that we are come to this great stage fools"
         • Reality vs. illusion shattered
       • "I will have such revenges on you both. The things I will do. What they are, yet I know not, but they will be the terrors of the earth."
         • Rage at one's supposed wellwishers
   • KING LEAR (2018) on BBC
   • EMPIRE (2015) Fox TV series
     • Same basic premise
     • Characters
       • Lucious = Lear
         • Hip-hop music mogul
       • Andre = Goneril
       • Jamal = Regan
       • Hakeem = Cordelia

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