Film/TV Feb 28, 2011 at 11:00 am

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When I read King Lear I was struck by how existential it was, despite having predated the French existentialists by three centuries. Lear's total loss of dignity, Gloucester's ridiculously pathetic suicide attempt, and the lack of a good moral at the end remind me a lot of Camus. The play was so ahead of its time, there was a long period when most performances changed the ending so Cordelia didn't die.

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