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Adaptation/Modern Translation of Shakespeare’s ‘KING LEAR” (*****)
By Charles Kruger | September 27, 2022
Many scholars and readers consider “King Lear” to be Shakespeare’s greatest masterpiece, perhaps even the greatest dramatic work in the history of English literature, “Hamlet” notwithstanding. Certainly for depth of feeling, intimacy of emotional content, philosophical range and theological profundity there is nothing like it.
For this reason, many will approach a new adaptation/translation with trepidation. Will Lear be reduced by a modern setting, a Black perspective, the incorporation of jazz music? Why tamper with this particular masterpiece?
