Word: cordelia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Like Cordelia, Belli had better mend his speech a little, lest he mar his fortunes. He--and the behaviorists--may be right, but as Cordelia learned, sometimes the truth does not conquer...
...have been taken up by Mr. Morpurgo, a generous Jewish millionaire who admired and employed the errant head of their household. Mother Clare, once a celebrated pianist praised by Brahms, no longer has to cope with dunning tradespeople invading her house in a suburb of South London. Eldest Daughter Cordelia has finally given up the violin, much to the relief of her mother and siblings, who believe, as Rose, the narrator, says, that "to play an instrument badly was as shameful as any crime short of murder." Rose and her twin sister Mary practice the piano daily and dream...
King Lear recounts the title figure's rejection of his youngest daughter, Cordelia, and betrayal by his other two daughters, Goneril and Regan. An interrelated sub-plot tells how the bastard Edmund discredits his legitimate brother Edgar and claims the lands of their father, Duke of Gloucester. Simple stories, but Shelley called this play, "the most perfect specimen of dramatic poetry existing in the world...
...only problem with the show's visual presentation is a sense that the director lost control of some of the more crowded scenes. The sound for the production -- designed by David Miller--is painfully poor and very obtrusive, culminating in factory whistles during Lear's final mourning over Cordelia...
...smoldering castle, the camera shows Lear's death and then curiously turns towards the open gateway of the castle, giving a view of the white-capped water over which a few seagulls lazily fly. It is as if the camera were following the heavenly acensions of Lear's and Cordelia's souls, the only characters to whom redemption is finally offered...