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King Lear

William Shakespeare

3.78 AVERAGE

medium-paced
challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I looooved the revelation allusions and generally this was so fun and slightly silly (it’s a tragedy but it made me laugh) 
challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

**uni read - canon**
Another amazing work from Shakespeare, just once again not the kind of work I truly enjoy. While I can entirely appreciate the genius behind his work, it is just not one I would have chosen to read myself, or would chose to go back to again.
challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
adventurous dark medium-paced

Shakespeare is overrated.

A very confusing but profound play.

At the risk of sounding flippant, I realized that there are two productions of King Lear that need to be done: one set in the Klingon Empire, and the other performed by Monty Python. Go ahead, I dare you, read Poor Tom's lines like Eric Idle and try not to laugh!