King Lear

This manga version of KING LEAR is set during the era of The LAST OF THE MOHICANS - circa 1759, during a crucial era of invasion and displacement along the American frontier. Lear is a venerated Mohican (Iroquois) chieftain, entering his final days. His elder daughters Regan and Goneril - the evil pairing - are more westernised in their looks. Lear's youngest daughter, Cordelia, with her Native American appearance, is the lone traditionalist who cleaves to the old ways. In this unique interpretation of Shakespeare's tragic tale, a mighty mountaintop snowstorm for the signature setpiece makes for a dramatic backdrop where savage torture and plentiful scalpings provide and update Shakespeare's bloody action.