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Tom E. Lewis wears King Lear's crown

SHAKESPEARE'S most tragic play has been reimagined as an indigenous community tale, riven by conflict over land.

WILLIAM Shakespeare might not be most people's first pick for a spiritual guide to navigate the complex faultlines of indigenous societies, but according to actor and musician Tom E. Lewis, that's exactly what he is.

LEWIS is tackling what is perhaps the bard's most overwhelmingly tragic work, as the titular King Lear - but not as we know it.

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