lear

 A retelling of the Shakespeare classice King Lear set on a massive and lucrative farm in 1930's Sudbury.King Lear is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare.  It tells the tale of a king who bequeaths his power and land to two of  his three daughters, after they declare their love for him in an  extremely fawning and obsequious manner. His third daughter gets  nothing, because she will not flatter him as her sisters had done.  When  he feels disrespected by the two daughters who now have his wealth and  power, he becomes furious to the point of madness. He eventually becomes  tenderly reconciled to his third daughter, just before tragedy strikes  her and then the king.