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King Lear (Royal Shakespeare Company)

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King Lear (Royal Shakespeare Company) ... Shakespeare's epic tragedy, King Lear. Directed by former RSC Artistic Director Trevor Nunn and with Ian McKellen in the title role, this production has long been planned as the culmination of their RSC work together on Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth and Othello. Playing in repertoire with this production, and opening the Stratford 2007 Season, will be a second play, also directed by Trevor Nunn and performed by the same acting company. King Lear runs in repertoire at The Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon from 24 March - 21 June 2007.

Newest Review: ... it perfectly acceptable to block YOUR view by leaning in front of you! So, all told, a very nice theatre, but one which has partially compromised practicalities for aesthetics. Anyway, enough about that. On with the show… First off, make sure you are aware of the basic plot before you go, otherwise you’ll struggle to keep up. The initial key events are set up with almost undue haste, ... more

... throwing you very much in at the deep end. By doing this, the production puts itself at a disadvantage, as it fails to build the emotional impact so vital to the story. There’s really no sense of love between Lear (McKellen) and his youngest daughter, Cordelia...more

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King Lear (Royal Shakespeare Company): King Gandalf (1194 words)
by SWSt - written on 15.06.07 (Very useful, 285 readings)
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Note: ------- Let’s get one thing straight. I’m going to try and get through this review WITHOUT mentioning a certain fact relating to the lead actor that virtually every professional review I’ve read of this play seems to be obsessed with, Having lived less than 20 miles of Stratford for 6 years, I felt I should finally drag myself off and see one of the Bard’s plays at his birthplace. I’m not the biggest Shakespeare fan, so to break my duck, I chose King Lear. The main attraction being that it starred Sir Ian McKellen - arguably the country’s finest living actor. Venue -------- First of all, a bit about the theatre. This ...

Let's lear at Lear! (1258 words)
by peace1989 - written on 14.06.07 (Very useful, 177 readings)
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _____The Review______ As i'm a sixth form student and one of my subjects is English Literature, I was lucky enough to get a free ticket to see the rather talked about performance of King Lear in Stratford (The Royal Shakespeare company). So after watching this just last night, I thought it was about time I rated something a littler classier than my usual choices! I've never read King Lear before and didn't really know what it was about-just the bare basics. I'm also not the most Shakespear savvy person in the world, though saying that, I certainly grasped what was ...

King Lear (Royal Shakespeare Company): Howl, howl, howl, howl! (1452 words)
by hogsflesh - written on 09.05.07 (Very useful, 1332 readings)
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To celebrate some Shakespearean anniversary or other, the Royal Shakespeare Company has staged all of Shakespeare’s plays over the last year in Stratford. They obviously needed something big for their finale, and this is it: King Lear, starring Ian McKellan and directed by Trevor Nunn. Not really something any self-respecting theatre-goer could miss; I hauled myself all the way up to Warwickshire to see it. Was it worth it? (Well, in a sense I couldn’t lose, as I went with my mum who very generously bought my ticket for me). It’s on in the Courtyard Theatre, which is a temporary replacement for the main Royal Shakespeare Theatre, currently being rebuilt (good ...

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