Lear's Labour's Lost

Shakespeare's bloodiest romance. King Lear of Navarre splits up his kingdom, and swears off women, in hopes of spending more time with his books. But the unexpected arrival of the Princess of France, and the presence of Lear's three beauteous daughters at court, threaten romantic and political chaos int he land. From the authors of Romeo & Juliet [Caesar] and Ham/thello: the Moor of Denmark, award-winning playwright Jeff Goode intertwines two of Shakespeare's best-known plays in an original work of classic theatre. The third in a new series of collaborations between Goode and Shakespeare: the Bard's first new plays in 400 years.