the #Fool

Watching the Fool in person
beseeching his king, Lear,
speaking aloud wisdom,
truth, as only he can.
 
Pleading with the monarch
offering wit, humor,
compassion for Lear’s pain
judgment upon others.
 
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February 28, 2022

the Fool

 

Watching the play “King Lear” at

American Shakespeare Theatre

Stratford, CT

ca 1968-1970

Lear was most likely played by Morris Carnovsky

&

Trinculo in “The Tempest”

(I descend from Stephen Hopkins, the supposed model

for Stephano)

&

after listening to On Being Project interview with Kevin Kling

February 10, 2012

King Lear fool -

“listen to, vote for, the Fool, not the Clown”

George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert,

 

 

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