Mother Lear

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Mother Lear

""...that way madness lies""

2023

0h 57m

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An irascible Shakespeare scholar with early onset dementia communicates with her caretaker daughter using the only language available to her, the text of King Lear, as the two struggle with aging, love, and their own balance of power.

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Ava Roy

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Courtney Walsh

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Rush Rehm

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