King Lear News

 
The Guardian
King Lear – review
The Guardian
A gaunt and arthritic king totters on stage, his head a thatch of matted white hair – then, grinning, he springs up like a jack-in-the-box and whisks off the wig. This is, we gather, one of Lear's dangerous little jokes: one of many in a production ...

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The Guardian (blog)
Reader reviews: your take on Chariots of Fire and King Lear
The Guardian (blog)
It's interesting that most of the visiting Globe to Globe companies have mastered the open air acoustics better than a great many UK actors have - and the Belarus company also benefitted from their freedom to cut King Lear down to under two hours ...


 
San Antonio Current
Pared down 'King Lear' leans hard on script but shows signs of slippage
San Antonio Current
Rusty Thurman, Allan S. Ross, and Kat Connor writhe to the occasion in King Lear. By Thomas Jenkins Most young theater companies are rightfully leery of Lear: though an indisputable masterpiece, King Lear is also a fiendishly difficult text.
Still time for 'King Lear'San Antonio Express (blog)

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Roller Derby-ish 'Jammer' comes to a grinding hault
Chicago Sun-Times
The so-called “King Lear of Roller Derby Plays” is under-rehearsed, but muffed lines and clunky blackouts aren't the worst problem here. Under-rehearsed can be finessed. Under-rehearsed and unfunny? That's a surefire formula for theatrical tedium.


 
Review: 'King Lear'
San Antonio Express
By Deborah Martin Allan S. Ross and Belinda Harolds play Lear and Goneril in Classic Theatre's production of “King Lear.” "Burn This": Through Saturday, Black Box Theatre, Northwest Vista College. 210-865-7618; proxytheatre.org.


 
“King Lear” (1987, Jean-Luc Godard)
New Yorker (blog)
PS Godard's “King Lear” isn't easy to get hold of; it had a brief theatrical run in 1988 and was released on VHS, never on DVD. I discussed it at some length in my Profile of Godard in the magazine, in 2000.

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Nuns, bishops, and 'King Lear'
Inquirer.net (blog)
A nun suggested I read Shakespeare's “King Lear,” saying it might help me understand the viewpoint of the nuns. In the play, King Lear decides to retire to some degree and divide his kingdom among his three daughters. He tells them he will give the ...

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