... social views have brought new readings of King Lear and one of these is that of Richard Eyre. While the Elizabethans felt that if the social order of the state was disturbed chaos would result; contemporary audiences are more familiar with the chaos that occurs when the family unit is broken down. As a result, Eyre's reading presents King Lear as a domestic rather than a social tragedy ... . According to Eyre's reading of the play, it is Lear's failure as a father - his failure to understand and bestow the love that as a father he was responsible for giving, which ultimately leads to dis...

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