King Lear - Almeida Theatre
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2013-06-19
When Lear asks each of his daughters to profess their love for him, he is flattered by the false hyperbole of Regan and Goneril. When his youngest daughter Cordelia confesses to love him simply as a daughter should, his pride is dented and he casts her out...
When Lear asks each of his daughters to profess their love for him, he is flattered by the false hyperbole of Regan and Goneril. When his youngest daughter Cordelia confesses to love him simply as a daughter should, his pride is dented and he casts her out of his kingdom.
Too late to realise his mistake, and forced from power by his offspring, an increasingly impotent and frail Lear descends into madness.
3.8
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| Running dates |
from Aug 31 2012 to Nov 3 2012 |
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Almeida Theatre |
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| Cheapest ticket |
£8 |
| Most expensive ticket |
£32 |
| Steven Rayner |
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This is a play I dearly love. Where did it fall short? I think that Lear started at too high an emotional level. He was screaming and railing in the first scene, and the volume just went up and up so that there was no where to go to get to the tragic conclusion. In fact, in the last act, the volume came down, and it was more affecting--perhaps partly because you could understand what Lear was saying. Jonathan Pryce gave a fabulous performance, really. But it could have been truly legendary if it had been more controlled. Cordelia on the other hand, just didn't seem to go anywhere. Trevor Fox was terrific as the fool as was Richard Goulding as Edgar. |
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