Lear and Rosalind
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The timeless Shakespearean characters of Lear and Rosalind are given a voice through the different and unorthodox approach of their biographers, in two newly-published books.
\\n\\nMichael Pennington, who played King Lear in New York and is currently touring the UK, takes us on a journey through the play from the point of view of Lear himself, commenting on its motives and themes in Lear\\u2019s own words, in King Lear in Brooklyn.
\\n\\nAngela Thirlwell explores the fictitious life and the many after-lives of Shakespeare\\u2019s progressive heroine Rosalind, and her perennial influence on drama, fiction and art, using interviews with actors and directors in Rosalind: A Biography of Shakespeare\\u2019s Immortal Heroine.
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