We had a great time yesterday attending Patrick's class at the Honors College and trying to answer questions from the students regarding King Lear. The questions were sharp, astute and required some serious consideration from us at times. I am still considering the last one, "How would you dress The Fool?" Metaphorically, or perhaps representationally and even literally The Fool is Art. He is Theatre. He is Entertainment. But how to dress him? You could say well it depends on the context or how you conceive of the entire spectacle. True. On the other hand, how you construct that character could release the entire spectacle in your imagination.
To me the play is like a well done fairy tale, as Patrick described it at one point, tragic though it is, and something about that Fool's getup I think could be a hinging point. I'm not jumping to any conclusions about fairy tales or cliche costumes - but the question still has me thinking.
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