King LEar

King Lear: Political Interpretation. (summary notes)
Critical analysis by Steven Hazel.
DEBORAH WARNER’S PRODUCTION:
- Warner’s production is a more personal political tragedy.
- Warner perceives Lear as a madman with an egotistical frame of mind.
- Refers to the pre-decided division of the land and the request for his daughters to pledge their love to Lear as an act of Political abuse.
- There is corruption in a legal sense as Lear asks for his children’s love. This incestuous and unacceptable act of flattery is unheard of in a modern society.
- Political portrayal of daughters as they accept the power and then use it against their father.
- In Warner’s production, Lear does no undergo such dramatic changes as in many other productions.
- Lear’s nakedness represents being stripped of political power in the storm scene
DAVID HARE’S PRODUCTION:
- Hare’s production is a more societal political tragedy.
- Social Brutality â...