Shakespeare's Globe, LondonA gaunt and arthritic king totters on stage, his head a thatch of matted white hair " then, grinning, he springs up like a jack-in-the-box and whisks off the wig. This is, we gather, one of Lear's dangerous little jokes: one of many in a production that teases constantly at our expectations. Instead of treating the play as it's so often done in Britain, as Shakespeare's attempt at a PhD in …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:13PM on May 23, 2012