A young american is mistaken for a mad king and the adventure begins! A story of action and intrigue and a noble hero!

For this balanced and sympathetic biography, the author was given the complete freedom of the secret Archives of the Royal House of Wittelsbach.

Year of the Mad King: The Lear Diaries, is Antony Sher's account of researching, rehearsing and performing one of Shakespeare's greatest roles: King Lear. His h

Is King Lear an autonomous text, or a rewrite of the earlier and anonymous play King Leir? Should we refer to Shakespeare’s original quarto when discussing th

30 years into his reign, the King of England starts to go a little mad; his court hires a new, radical doctor to try to cure him, but what he really needs in th