Utah Shakespeare Festival’s ‘King Lear’: Timely While Honoring History

Utah Shakespeare Festival’s ‘King Lear’: Timely While Honoring History
Anthony Heald plays King Lear in Shakespeare's "King Lear." Utah Shakespeare Festival
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CEDAR CITY, Utah—We’re often repulsed by the laughter of those we believe to be mad.
In the Utah Shakespeare Festival’s performance of “King Lear,” which eschews gimmicky revisions in favor of a more traditional approach, Lear’s laughter reveals his humanity, even if we don’t understand why he laughs.