Kathryn Hunter as The Fool and Greg Hicks as Lear. King Lear (2010), directed by David Farr. Photo by Manuel Harlan. Royal Shakespeare Company. https://www.rsc.org.uk/king-lear/about-the-play/key-moments-and-facts
Eyeless fools could see the happenings here. How the King has not seen the egg-white
Coxcomb on his own head, a figure of his decline following his
Loss of his favourite daughter and the division of himself, a matter which left him but a codpiece. Without hesitancy
In receiving my cautionary counsel, he does not see the folly of his acts.
Prithee, tell me, did the eclipse of his mind warrant my death?
Sirrah, I am gone and she follows me, though now he has discovered the coxcomb I did tell him what about on our bald crowns. Alack, may you now, nuncle,
Extinguish without us your fallacies of what is a wise man and what is a fool...
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Only the fool may become wise! Well-wrought! Subscribed!
I like this King Lear fool exploration. Nicely done. Through the eyes of fools all is clear...
The wisdom of fools is often underestimated, Lear's most of all.