It isn’t that often that Shakespearean characters get their own songs, certainly not musical rides as sassy and sultry and sensational as this. Well, Romeo and Juliet perhaps, but those star-crossed teens have almost become a cliché. So it is cool to find Cordelia, the youngest daughter of the titular King Lear, getting her own cool and contemporary sonic vehicle.
And if you think that such a character has little to teach the modern world, nothing could be further from the truth. She was, remember, the one who spoke truth to power, chose honesty at her own cost, and was exiled for refusing to profess blind love and loyalty to her father, the king. Sound familiar? Something that is playing out on the Western world stage at the moment.
The song that Anana Kaye has fashioned to tell her story is a groovy pop-rock tune, shot through with dance beats, buoyant bass lines, soulful licks, and euphoric energy. The perfect music machine to allow her to drive out of the world of Jacobean theatre and straight on into the modern consciousness.
As “Cordelia,” both the character and the song flit across the musical map, she reminds us of the timeless patterns that humanity seems doomed to repeat, that blind faith and unquestioned loyalty are dangerous, and that sometimes we have to do the right thing even if the cost to us is considerable.
“Cordelia” is a timeless and timely message that underlines one poignant and straightforward fact: that we, as human beings, never learn the lessons of history.
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