노년의 리어왕은 세 딸에게 왕국을 나눠주기로 결정하고,
자신을 가장 사랑하는 딸에게 가장 큰 몫을 주려 한다.
그러나 말 잘하는 두 딸에게 속고,
진심을 말한 막내딸 코델리어는 버림받는다.
권력을 쥔 두 딸은 아버지를 외면하고,
리어는 배신과 절망 속에서 점차 광기에 빠져간다.
King Lear in his old age decided to give the kingdom away to his three daughters,
He wants to give his daughter, who loves him the most, the most.
But he was deceived by his two eloquent daughters,
Cordellier, the youngest daughter who speaks her heart, is abandoned.
The two daughters in power turned away from their father,
Lear gradually falls into madness in betrayal and despair.