... is responsible for portraying his brother, deceiving and portraying his father, using both Gonerill and Regan for his advantage and also for Cordelia's death. When Gloucester talks of the "ruinous disorders- of the time, he projects them through the lens of this quaint astrological theorising. Edmond's ... saw it, by these women corrupting the structure of power and the natural order of society's function, they deserved to be punished with death. The Bondi Pavilion 2002 production, directed by Tanya Benny, supports this idea with strong feminist overtones throughout the play, exemplifie...

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