"Is there a British equivalent for 'machismo'?" asks the American."No. None at all," replies his English friend, who then reconsiders: "Maybe Glenda Jackson." There are any number of quotes from King Lear that one might employ to kick off a discussion of how fully Glenda Jackson embodies William Shakespeare's disintegrating ruler. "Every inch a King," might do, though it is spoken ironically in Act IV, when things ha…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 08:00PM on April 4, 2019