Lear Productions - reviews

Here are some reviews of King Lear from around the world, from the last few years. Have a read, consider some questions.

Director Robert Falls gives a Balkan setting to his Lear.

1. What do you feel this interpretation would add to the themes of the play?
2. Do you feel that a raped Cordelia is a justifiable interpretation?
3. How do you feel a change in set, from wealth to destruction, adds to the audience's understanding of Lear's downfall?
4. Do you feel that this kind of interpretation allows a modern audience to interact with the text more, or less?

Forward Theatre's Lear uses a new culture to tell its story.

1. Do you feel that a 'viking' theme detracts too much from the issues of the text? Or does it highlight them?

I'll gather some more tomorrow - right now, I HAVE to watch the new Dr. Who.

Or the world will end.