Lear

About the show

Bond recasts Lear as a paranoid autocrat building a wall against imagined enemies. His daughters rebel, leading to war and Lear’s imprisonment. Blinded and haunted by the murdered Gravedigger’s Boy, Lear undergoes a journey of self-revelation and becomes a prophet. He tries to dismantle the wall he built, a final act that leads to his death but offers hope through practical activism.