'King Lear' to this day still compels and moves me and Shakespeare's text is poetic and haunting with many emotions. It is not one of my favourites of Shakespeare's plays and it is not always easy getting behind Lear straight away (took time for me when studying it), those being introduced to the play may be put off by him in the first act.
'King Lear' is a truly great and powerful play with a mammoth lead role that is a particularly Herculean task to take on, in a body of work of a prolific and esteemed playwright like Shakespeare full of demanding lead roles. Maybe it is not one of my favourite Shakespeares and it is an acquired taste for anybody who likes to have a titular character that they can get behind from the get go.
