SOURCE: "Lear's Fool in King Lear," in The Stage Clown in Shakespeare's Theatre, Greenwood Press, 1996, pp. 123-35.
In the essay below, Videbœk explores the dimensions of the Fool's character and states that the Fool understands the "human condition" and pities the characters in the play who suffer under the harsh conditions of Lear's world. Furthermore, Videbœk contends that the function of Lear's Fool is extended further than that of the clowns in Shakespeare's other plays.
