Glenda Jackson's terrifying king roars in an otherwise uneven 'King Lear' on Broadway
No crueler speech was ever uttered by a parent than the torrent of abuse that William Shakespeare's King Lear, that great beacon of self-awareness, unleashes on Goneril, the eldest of his three daughters. "Into her womb convey sterility," he cries, calling on the goddess of nature in a great Shakespearean...