The History of King Lear

[samvara]

At the Dolphin Theatre UWA. The season finished last night and cupidsbow and I were up for some cheap entertainment - impulse theater-going - often the best kind. Lear was a reminder of just hilarious Shakespeare can be. Edgar/Tom was laughing-out-loud mad and Lear's outbursts of rage were magnificent to behold.

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[japester.livejournal.com]

hum!
We went on Thursday night (birth day and all), suckered in, cause one of our friends is the lighting director for it :)

Long, tedious in places - the first act crammed a helluva lot in, but rather enjoyable.

[black-samvara.livejournal.com]

And very uncomfortable seating :p

Happy Birthday by the way.

[dormant-dragon.livejournal.com]

I must cofess to having cringed at the delivery of many of the lines, but I thought the standout performances were Edgar (when he was doing Poor Tom) and Kent - they had a believability and elegance of characterisation that I just didn't get from the others. I was also impressed with the clarity of speech - I found myself thinking that if I had to caption the performance, it would have been pleasantly easy work :) Bravery points to any amateur theatre group who performs Shakespearean tragedy - they're hard to pull off, and these guys did a good job with a very complex and challenging play.

[black-samvara.livejournal.com]

Mmm I'd forgotten Kent in the wake of the Leary tantrums but you're right - she did a good job - although I found the body language very distracting.