Shakespeare's King Lear is valued and received in many different contexts and in a myriad of ways. Peter Brook, a noted psychoanalytical critic asserts " A writer can write a text and stick by it, even when a new edition comes out. Whereas if you are making this living material, which is making a bridge between and old text and actors, audiences of now, everything from values, concerns and character positioning must be changed."
A family drama perspective is depicted in R.Eyres film production of King Lear in 1998, highlight the reality of the dysfunctional family unit. Brook's production…
