In the adaptation I found called Lear's Daughters, the show takes
an entirely new perspective on King Lear. It focuses on the three
daughters' lives before the onset of the play. With the fool acting as
narrator as well as his own character, he addresses the audience
directly. Each daughter in turn will talk about different experiences
unique to them and through that give insight into life behind the scenes
at Lear's castle. With implications of affairs and a habitually absent
Lear as father, this adaptation forces the focus onto the relationships
between the three sisters in hopes of explaining their dynamics within
Shakespeare's play. I didn't get to watch all of it but the part I did
see seemed witty and very interesting.
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