St Aubyn's re-working of King Lear for the Hogarth Press. So, Lear as...errr... Rupert Murdoch (!) a megalomaniac media mogul whose elder daughters have him locked up while taking over his empire. The story follows Lear pretty faithfully but I couldn't help reading it as black humour, the Goneril and Regan characters unbelievably villainous, the Fool as failed comedian, Edmund as pill-popping duplicitous Dr Bob.... Intentionally humorous or not, I confess I romped through it with - misguided? - glee.
(Annabel Bedini - bwl 87 Winter 2018 ) |
