Larry Yando as Lear. Hotly anticipated.
You’d expect this faculty to lend itself nicely to a portrayal of Lear, the inadequate king whose “best and soundest,” in the estimation of one of his three daughters, “hath been but rash.” Lear’s crucial act of folly, handing his realm over to those daughters while he still lives, can be read as the act of a man who’s begun to suspect that he’s not—maybe never was—much good at ruling yet still wants to be honored for what he never achieved. Dividing his kingdom, putting his fate at the tender mercy of others, is his bid to assure himself that he’s loved in spite of all.
Through 11/9: Tue-Fri 7:30 PM, Sat 3 and 8 PM, Sun 2 PM Chicago Shakespeare Theater Navy Pier, 800 E. Grand 312-595-5600chicagoshakes.com $20-$78
