F*ckShakespeare

Five short scenes that set the stage for the big wrap up. Everyone's heading for Dover to take a leap of faith.

Holy popping eyeballs, Batman!! The shit truly hits ye olde fan here. Lear slides into that dark hole of madness, imagining his daughters being tortured in hell. And Gloucester learns a very hard lesson - yer baby boys ain't all who they seem to be... Rough times in Britain.

WARNING: We discuss and discredit organized religion. Sorry not sorry.

Lear hits rock bottom. His meagre followers try to get him some shelter from the storm, only to be encountered with a wild, naked heath-man. Remember Edgar, that mild-mannered nobody from the first act? He's baaack and doing his best to repel all visitors to his disgusting abode. But Lear is fascinated with him and will not hear of being parted from him. Such are the strange twists and turns that life takes.

"Blow winds, and crack your cheeks!" Sounds painful. It is. There are two old men here who have a great deal to learn about perception and trust before this thing is done. With spies in every household and armies on the march it's a dangerous world for one diminished king and everyone loyal to him.

Lear finds his man in the stocks and finally has to face what his world has become. It ain't pretty. He ain't taking it well either. He might be having some mini strokes. He definitely calls his children bastards. That ain't good. A storm's a brewin'!

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Best. Fucking. Insult. Speech. Ever!!!

A little background on messengers and what their responsibilities were - not what you think. Oswald represents Goneril and Kent represents Lear, and never the twain shall meet. Well, they meet, but it does NOT go well.

Then we have a discussion about the treatment of the insane back in the day. Also not ideal.

Rumors. That's what ear-kissing arguments are. But it just sounds so much more sexy that way, right? Those are the kind of arguments that render fabulous make-up sex.

Rumors are spreading of war, but no one's sure between who. France and England? Cornwall and Albany? Either way, things are getting ugly in Lear's kingdom

-not-kingdom.

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Meet THE Fool! He's not what you might think. Sure he fires out some salty jokes, but his superpower is TRUTH. And it's gonna hurt.

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Edmund is a natural child because it's totally natural for horny old goatish men to drop trow and have at it with the serving wenches outside the kitchen door. Is to any wonder he's a little pissed?? Two killer speeches in this scene let you know exactly what's up with him!

King Lear is 80 years old. In Elizabethan times that was like being 120. He is not quite all there and has forgotten that his youngest daughter loves him the most. He wants to hear it in front of the whole court. Bad parenting at the least. It's a childish desire that will bring about his ruin. Stay tuned.

Meanwhile, we unfold some fun facts that will help you enjoy the play more as we go forward. Let us know what we missed! We'd love to have your input.

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