King Lear review – David Threlfall makes a moving Lear, but why is he playing the Fool too?

Royal Exchange theatre, Manchester Matthew Dunster’s disruptive reinvention of the tragedy merges two roles for its star and at times enters Game of Thrones territory The TV series Succession was partly modelled on King Lear, the family name Roy derived from the monarchic French…

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