Performance

VenueRoyal Shakespeare Theatre
Other spaces: The Dell, Waterside, Rehearsal Room
TownStratford-Upon-Avon
CountyWarwickshire
From3rd December 1999
To26th February 2000
WhenDec: 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9m, 15, 16, 20, 21m. Jan: 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13m, 17, 18, 19, 20m, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31. Feb: 1, 2, 3, 4m, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11m, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18m, 24, 25, 26. 19:15, m=13:30.
What is currently on at Royal Shakespeare Theatre (V135)

King Lear

King LearT0587219473
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:T0587219473, play:S0555289637, venue:V135
Current production:Work

Production details

Production premier in Japan (20 sep to 11 oct 99 Saitama Arts Centre) Talkback: Feb 4,11,18 post matinees

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Company

Company Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC)
Director Yukio Ninagawa
Performer Nigel Hawthorne (Lear)
Performer William Armstrong (Edmund)
Performer Christopher Benjamin (Kent)
Performer John Carlisle (Gloucester)
Performer Simon Chandler (Albany)
Performer Michael Maloney (Edgar)
Performer Nicolas Tennant (Oswald)
Performer Anna Chancellor (Regan)
Performer Nicholas McGaughey (Cornwall)
Performer Sian Thomas (Goneril)
Director David Hunt (Associate)
Design Yukio Horio
Costume Jusaburo Tsujimura
Costume Lily Komine
Lighting Tamotsu Harada
Music Ryudo Uzaki
Sound Masahiro Inoue
Choreographer Suketaro Hanayagi
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