King Lear

The story of a king who craves flattery—and the daughter who refuses him even at the cost of her own inheritance.
 
King Lear wants nothing more than to be praised, and when he decides to divide his realm according to how much each of his daughters can impress him with their declarations of love, Goneril and Regan are quick to oblige. Only the youngest, Cordelia, cannot give him what he wants—and ...