King Lear

A king asks his daughters to measure their love aloud—and Cordelia answers with one word: “Nothing.”

In pre-Roman Britain, Lear means to lay aside the burdens of rule and divide his kingdom among his daughters. Goneril and Regan lavish him with praise; Cordelia, unable to dress her love in grand words, speaks plainly. Lear takes her silence for an insult and strips her of her place, while the loyal Kent dares to challenge his king’s judgment. A family’s future—and the peace Lear hoped to secure—now hangs on what love means when spoken before a throne. Can a kingdom be divided by words without dividing the family that speaks them?

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