Hamlet, often popular with teenagers, is about a prince trying to enter society and find his footing in the world. Macbeth, about a would-be king drunk on ambition, tends to appeal to 30-somethings ...

It’s been a while since I read or studied Shakespeare’s “King Lear,” but I recall the part about the ailing monarch dividing his realm among his three daughters and their husbands. Two of them ...

King Lear divides his Kingdom between his daughters according to a declaration of their love for him. His eldest Goneril and Regan exaggerate their affection and inherit. His youngest daughter ...