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150 minutes - LIVE SHOWWe are delighted to host the Cambridge (UK) American Stage Tour’s performance of Shakespeare’s King Lear. This is the third year we've been a stop on the company's annual U.S. tour.
The aging King Lear decides to divide his kingdom among his three daughters, allotting each a portion in proportion to the eloquence of her declaration of love. The hypocritical Goneril and Regan make grand pronouncements and are rewarded; Cordelia, the youngest daughter, who truly loves Lear, refuses to make an insincere speech to prove her love and is disinherited. The two older sisters mock Lear and renege on their promise to support him. Cast out, the king slips into madness and wanders about accompanied by his faithful Fool. Cordelia, having married the king of France, is obliged to invade her native country with a French army in order to rescue her neglected father.
There will be a 15 minute intermission.
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1 East India Square Mall, Salem, MA, United States, Massachusetts 01970
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