The advantages of being a part of a family are so obvious that losing that affiliation, intentionally or not, is tragic.

If there’s an actor in King Lear who’s attempting to go deep as he drives forward, it’s Kloska. His Gloucester, though conspicuously young — everyone’s young, even Branagh, whose not ...

Gloucester sets out to help him but is found for treason and is blinded. His son, Edgar leads him to safety where King Lear is also hiding. The English army defeats the French army led by Cordelia ...

King Lear: The Earl of Gloucester and King Lear (Photo: Jonathan Keenan) Philip Whitchurch (Earl of Gloucester) & Don Warrington (King Lear) Photo Jonathan Keenan This gallery is from ...

Charles Lamb is responsible for the idea that King Lear cannot be shown on a stage ... Edmund the bastard son of Gloucester. Bramhall dominates the big Loeb stage and plays a cunning, cold ...

Strong with verse text. EARL OF GLOUCESTER (he/him, 40s-50s, open ethnicity) - Nobleman close to KING LEAR. Father of EDMUND and EDGAR. A man of both great emotional depth and wit. Loyal and self ...

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play: Christopher Plummer was nominated but did not win.