King LearBloomsbury Publishing, 2018 M08 6 - 104 pages Jonathan Munby's explosive revival of Shakespeare's epic tragedy transferred to the West End following its sold-out run at Chichester Festival Theatre. Performed by a celebrated cast led by Ian McKellen as the embittered monarch in a fractured kingdom. In this version the play has been cut back to its essentials to create a shorter play for a modern audience. Munby has also created a version to suit the intimacy and immediacy of the Minerva Theatre (Chichester), whilst harnessing what he describes as the "catapulting ferocity" of the play. Two ageing fathers - one a King, one his courtier - reject the children who truly love them. Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless ambition and treachery as family and state are plunged into a violent power struggle with shocking ends. Tender, brutal, moving and epic, King Lear is considered by many to be the greatest tragedy ever written. |
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... less cluttered edition of the play, which allowed the actors greater freedom and flow. The decisions I have made in the production are reflected in the edit. The Kent and Gentleman scenes (Scenes 10 and 19 in this edition), which are ...
... less cluttered edition of the play, which allowed the actors greater freedom and flow. The decisions I have made in the production are reflected in the edit. The Kent and Gentleman scenes (Scenes 10 and 19 in this edition), which are ...
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... less loving son of Albany, We have this hour a constant will to publish Our daughters' several dowers, that future strife May be prevented now. Tell me, my daughters, Which of you shall we say doth love us most, That we, our largest ...
... less loving son of Albany, We have this hour a constant will to publish Our daughters' several dowers, that future strife May be prevented now. Tell me, my daughters, Which of you shall we say doth love us most, That we, our largest ...
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... less in space, validity, and pleasure Than that conferred on Goneril. But now, our joy, Although the last not least; in our dear love: What can you say to win a third more opulent Than your sisters? Speak. CORDELIA Nothing, my lord ...
... less in space, validity, and pleasure Than that conferred on Goneril. But now, our joy, Although the last not least; in our dear love: What can you say to win a third more opulent Than your sisters? Speak. CORDELIA Nothing, my lord ...
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... less. LEAR How, how, Cordelia? Mend your speech a little, Lest you may mar your fortunes. CORDELIA Good my lord, You have begot me, bred me, loved me. I Return those duties back as are right fit, Obey you, love you, and most honour you ...
... less. LEAR How, how, Cordelia? Mend your speech a little, Lest you may mar your fortunes. CORDELIA Good my lord, You have begot me, bred me, loved me. I Return those duties back as are right fit, Obey you, love you, and most honour you ...
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... less? LEAR Right noble Burgundy, When she was dear to us, we did hold her so, But now her price is fall'n: Sir, there she stands; If aught within that little-seeming substance, Or all of it, may fitly like your grace, She's there, and ...
... less? LEAR Right noble Burgundy, When she was dear to us, we did hold her so, But now her price is fall'n: Sir, there she stands; If aught within that little-seeming substance, Or all of it, may fitly like your grace, She's there, and ...
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