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But how did that experience manifest itself in Mr. Epstein's Lear? What understandings did View Photos... he draw on to yield such a rich, textured treatment of this 400-year-old play? The answers are not to be found in Cliffs Notes. For many years, Mr. Epstein did not care much for "King Lear." "The play has become like the hull of a very old ship covered with barnacles," he said. "You don't see the hull anymore — only the barnacles: accumulated, predigested ideas, among them a star turn for a big ego and a bellowing voice. In Shakespeare's time it was a brand new play. No traditions had grown around it yet." An Open Letter to Continued Günter Grass By DANIEL JOHNSON 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Next » "You have admitted after 60 years, that you belonged to the Waffen http://www.nysun.com/article/38267 Page 1 of 2 Age on Stage - August 21, 2006 - The New York Sun 08/21/2006 09:59 PM Sign In | Subscribe Now August 21, 2006 edition of The New York Sun Search our Archives keywords... 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