Performance

Venue	Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
	Other spaces: Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Inigo Jones, Globe Education Centre Theatre (Park Street)
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	23rd April 2008
Opened	2nd May 2008
To	17th August 2008
Prices	From £5.00. To £33.00.
What is currently on at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre (V165)

King Lear

T1522954474
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.

Author

Shakespeare

Archive :: production:T1522954474, play:S0555289637, venue:V165
Current production:Work

Production details

This production will employ Renaissance staging and costume. Part of the Totus Mundus Season. Totus mundus agit histrionem is thought to have been the motto of the first Globe - 'The whole world is a playhouse'

Reviews

No UKTW or User reviews available.

Company

Producer	Globe Theatre
Director	Dominic Dromgoole
Design	Jonathan Fensom
Music	Claire van Kampen
Performer	David Calder (King Lear)
Performer	Sall Bretton (Goneril)
Performer	Kellie Bright (Regan)
Performer	Trystan Gravelle (Edgar)
Performer	Danny Lee Wynter (Fool)
Performer	Jodie McNee (Cordelia)
Performer	Ben Bishop
Performer	Paul Copley
Performer	Kurt Egyiwan
Performer	Peter Hamilton Dyer
Performer	Daniel Hawksford
Performer	Fraser James
Performer	Paul Lloyd
Performer	Kevork Mailikya
Performer	Joseph Mydell
Performer	Ashley Rolfe
Performer	Beru Tessema

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