King Lear
From: Thursday, 30th October 2008
To: Saturday, 29 November 2008
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Synopsis
King Lear divides his Kingdom between his daughters according to a declaration of their love for him. His eldest Goneril and Regan exaggerate their affection and inherit. His youngest daughter Cordelia speaks only the truth and is banished. So begins the tragedy of King Lear, whose dignity, sanity and finally life are torn from him by a self-seeking younger generation, ambitious for his power. What is love, what is madness, what is truth - Shakespeare explores these questions together with many others in King Lear, widely considered to be his greatest tragedy.
Our Review:
7 November 2008
The Everyman theatre, to which Pete Postlethwaite has made a triumphant return, has its limitations as a performance space. But director-of-the-moment Rupert Goold skillfully plays to its strengths with his first production of King Lear – bringing the action into the heart of the audience – while Giles Cadle’s minimalist set of weedy steps and corrugated iron backdrop complement the action to powerful effect. Clever use of back projection provides context and setting, augmenting the battle scenes in particular.
The opening scene is playfully enacted – the division of Lear’s lands executed as three-dimensional models parcelled up in glass cases ready for presentation. This is Lear in his element – swaggering, bullying, shamelessly courting flattery. A microphone handed to each daughter in turn heightens the awkwardness of the moment in which Lear demands to know the extent of their love.
Fine supporting performances from [Jo...
Cast
Pete Postlethwaite (King Lear)
John Shrapnel (Earl of Gloucester)
Nigel Cooke (Earl of Kent)
Forbes Masson (the Fool)
Jonjo O'Neill (Edmund)
Tobias Menzies (Edgar)
Amanda Hale (Cordelia)
Caroline Faber (Goneril)
Charlotte Randle (Regan)
Michael Colgan (Duke of Albany)
Clarence Smith (Duke of Cornwall)
John-Paul MacLeod (Duke of Burgundy)
Jacob Anderson (Boy)
Creative
Shakespeare (Author)
University of Liverpool (Corporate Sponsor)
Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse (Producer)
Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse (Producer)
Headlong Theatre (Company)
Rupert Goold (Director)
Giles Cadle (Design)
Howard Harrison (Lighting)
Adam Cork (Sound)
Nicky Gillibrand (Costume)
Georgina Lamb (movement) (Director)
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