STUDIO CONNECTIONS INTERNATIONAL In partnership with School of Design and Arts Dela Salle College of St. Benilde Presents : PETA’S HARING LEAR Bienvenido Lumbera’s Adaptation of Shakespear’s King Lear DESCRIPTION: The play is set in a post nuclear landscape that highlights the dramatic descent of a king into madness. As he is plunged into the world of anarchy, the themes of vision and blindness are explored masterfully by Shakespeare in this drama of purgation. Lear becomes mad at the same moment when he gains a vision of the cruelty of the world and the evil nature of his daughters. He discovers the real meaning of loyalty, love, and fidelity in his servants and his youngest daughter, Cordelia, whom he banished.