Tag: English Theatre

King Lear, Dementia, Filial Piety and the Profound Vulnerability of Aging

Andrea Cordonier

Arts & Culture, Caregiving, Family & Friends, First Nations, Sociology & Psychology

The 30-second summary of Shakespeare‘s King Lear is this: An elderly and increasingly demented King seeks to divide his kingdom in three, according to the degree of publicly pious devotion declared by his three daughters. The two eldest favour him with flattery but the youngest, his favourite, refuses to participate in the tawdry spectacle. He banishes her… Read more