Some director's thoughts on the characters of Lear, Goneril, Regan and Cordelia.
Lear is a man of massive emotions, uncontrollable passions, dictatorial, uncompromising, magnificently charismatic, a brilliant politician, an iron-fisted leader, totally opinionated, egotistical, dogmatic, and overbearing. He inspires in some enormous love, devotion, respect and loyalty; in others, loathing and contempt.
Goneril is utterly ruthless, totally compulsive, paranoid, devious, vitriolic. She is never at peace, never satisfied,
