The British actor stars in and co-directs this brisk, emotionally vacuous production of the towering drama at the Shed.

Kenneth Branagh and Jessica Revell as Lear and Cordelia. Photo: Marc J. Franklin/Courtesy The Shed Kenneth Branagh and ...

Kenneth Branagh’s production of the Shakespeare classic speeds through the material and can’t quite figure out its tone.

“King Lear” features two storylines. Each relates to the disintegration of the family. The first plot involves Gloucester and his two sons, Edgar and Edmund. Edmund is a bastard, which means ...

You will not be able to keep your eyes off the eye. Visitors to the thrilling, trimmed-down Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company ...

Above my desk, I keep a Post-it note with a quote from the play: “The worst is not so long as we can say ‘This is the worst.’ ” ...

The subplot involving the Earl of Gloucester and his sons, Edgar and the illegitimate Edmund, mirrors Lear's tragic descent, adding layers to the narrative. Shakespeare wrote King Lear around ...

Johan Persson, Courtesy The Shed Left to right: Caleb Obediah (Albany), Doug Colling (Edgar), and Dylan Corbett-Bader (Edmund) rehearse a fight scene for King Lear. Because it’s a very intimate ...

“King Lear” features two storylines ... Images The first plot involves Gloucester and his two sons, Edgar and Edmund. Edmund is a bastard, which means when Gloucester dies, his legitimate ...

“King Lear” features two storylines. Each relates to the disintegration of the family. The first plot involves Gloucester and his two sons, Edgar and Edmund. Edmund is a bastard, which means ...