King Lear

Remember last week (?!) when I read Hamlet after having watched all the episodes from the Canadian television program Slings & Arrows? Yes, the same thing happened with King Lear (season 3, and final). I’d never read it, so… I added it to my list.

So this morning I emerged from my reading station and said to Patrick, “Lear is a vain, old idiot.” Then later, “I mean, banishing Kent, who’s pretty much the only person he can trust?” To which he replied, “Yes, but if he hadn’t, you’d have no play.”

I’m sorry for calling Lear a vain, old idiot. And now I’ll go dry my eyes and fill my glass.