At the center of ClassicsFest 2010 will be Antaeus' much-anticipated first full production of a Shakespearean play, and will feature the renowned scholar, actor, and founding Artistic Director, Dakin Matthews, in the title role. Considered one of Shakespeare's great tragedies, King Lear is the tale of an aging king, a divided kingdom and a family in turmoil. Both an emotional and political tragedy, King Lear explores the most basic questions of human existence: love and duty, power and loss, good and evil.