Blackstone Audio is proud to present the Oregon ShakespeareFestival’s 2013 production of Ruler Lear, Shakespeare’s dark yetbrilliant tragedy of madness and betrayal, directed by artistic director Expenses Rauch. This stunning function of audio theatre,fully dramatized with shows from the OSF cast, is normally a must-listen.

Ambition is thickerthan bloodstream …

King Lear is ready to switch his realm to his threedaughters. His strategy is easy: give the biggest piece towards the daughter who loveshim most. But honeyed terms and hubris blind Lear to the real motives of thosearound him, plunging king and kingdom into a hell of treachery, madness, andunspeakable acts-with consequences that reveal the worst and greatest in humannature.