This "King Lear" is Listless
There's not much scenery on the stage at The Public Theater's Newman theater space where a new production of King Lear opened this week but that doesn't stop nearly everyone on stage from chewing on it. Including an actor in one scene who literally gnaws on a glove while he takes his time dying. This is the third major Lear this year (click here to read my review of Derek Jacobi's turn in the role) but it's…