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Shakespeare: King Lear
Kevin R McNally (King Lear); Emily Bruni (Goneril); Anjana Vasan (Cordelia); Ralph Davis (Edmund); Faz Singhateh (Cornwall); Saskia Reeves (Kent); Joshua James (Edgar); Chris Nayak (Oswald); Thomas Padden (Albany); Loren O'Dair (Fool); Sirine Saba (Regan); Burt Caesar (Gloucester)
King Lear has three daughters, but no sons.
Boldly he makes a decision to divide his country among his children, but fails to anticipate the consequences of his actions. His generosity is cruelly repaid and Lear finds himself adrift, wandering homeless and destitute. As he comes to realize the false values by which he has lived, he finally encounters his own humanity.
King Lear’s tempestuous poetry is shot through with touches of humour and moments of heart-rending simplicity, as the notion of familial love is questioned and torn apart.
With Kevin R McNally in the title role, Nancy Meckler’s production has ‘an underlying through-line of intelligence and sensitivity, and strong supporting performances abound’ (The Telegraph).
Spoken in Shakespeare’s English.
DVD
Genre: Theatre
Release Date: 01/04/2019
Sound Formats: Dolby Digital 2.0 & Dolby Digital 5.1
Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Subtitles: EN
Catalogue Number: OA1278D
Artist(s):
Kevin R McNally; Emily Bruni; Anjana Vasan; Ralph Davis; Faz Singhateh; Saskia Reeves; Joshua James; Chris Nayak; Thomas Padden; Loren O'Dair; Sirine Saba; Burt Caesar
Kevin R McNally; Emily Bruni; Anjana Vasan; Ralph Davis; Faz Singhateh; Saskia Reeves; Joshua James; Chris Nayak; Thomas Padden; Loren O'Dair; Sirine Saba; Burt Caesar
"Nancy Meckler makers her debut at Shakespeare's Globe with this intelligent, ... heartfelt account of 'King Lear'" (The Independent ★★★)
"There's an underlying through-line of intelligence and sensitivity, and strong supporting performances abound." (The Telegraph ★★★★)
"Meckler is as wise as she is visionary ... [Meckler] drives her body-meets-text sensibilities into vigourous and precise direction. The result is an unlocking of every last nuance of Shakespeare's text - the sublime imagery of universal loss, the pity of madness, and the play's comic potential" (WhatsOn Stage)
"Meckler's staging is clear, swift and compelling ... It gathers to a moving finale, with McNally's piteous Lear holding the stage, and delivers forcefully the lesson that power should always be allied with care" (The Financial Times ★★★)
"There's an underlying through-line of intelligence and sensitivity, and strong supporting performances abound." (The Telegraph ★★★★)
"Meckler is as wise as she is visionary ... [Meckler] drives her body-meets-text sensibilities into vigourous and precise direction. The result is an unlocking of every last nuance of Shakespeare's text - the sublime imagery of universal loss, the pity of madness, and the play's comic potential" (WhatsOn Stage)
"Meckler's staging is clear, swift and compelling ... It gathers to a moving finale, with McNally's piteous Lear holding the stage, and delivers forcefully the lesson that power should always be allied with care" (The Financial Times ★★★)
Kevin R McNally (King Lear); Emily Bruni (Goneril); Anjana Vasan (Cordelia); Ralph Davis (Edmund); Faz Singhateh (Cornwall); Saskia Reeves (Kent); Joshua James (Edgar); Chris Nayak (Oswald); Thomas Padden (Albany); Loren O'Dair (Fool); Sirine Saba (Regan); Burt Caesar (Gloucester)
King Lear has three daughters, but no sons.
Boldly he makes a decision to divide his country among his children, but fails to anticipate the consequences of his actions. His generosity is cruelly repaid and Lear finds himself adrift, wandering homeless and destitute. As he comes to realize the false values by which he has lived, he finally encounters his own humanity.
King Lear’s tempestuous poetry is shot through with touches of humour and moments of heart-rending simplicity, as the notion of familial love is questioned and torn apart.
With Kevin R McNally in the title role, Nancy Meckler’s production has ‘an underlying through-line of intelligence and sensitivity, and strong supporting performances abound’ (The Telegraph).
Spoken in Shakespeare’s English.
DVD
Genre: Theatre
Release Date: 01/04/2019
Sound Formats: Dolby Digital 2.0 & Dolby Digital 5.1
Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Subtitles: EN
Catalogue Number: OA1278D
Artist(s):
Kevin R McNally; Emily Bruni; Anjana Vasan; Ralph Davis; Faz Singhateh; Saskia Reeves; Joshua James; Chris Nayak; Thomas Padden; Loren O'Dair; Sirine Saba; Burt Caesar
Kevin R McNally; Emily Bruni; Anjana Vasan; Ralph Davis; Faz Singhateh; Saskia Reeves; Joshua James; Chris Nayak; Thomas Padden; Loren O'Dair; Sirine Saba; Burt Caesar
"Nancy Meckler makers her debut at Shakespeare's Globe with this intelligent, ... heartfelt account of 'King Lear'" (The Independent ★★★)
"There's an underlying through-line of intelligence and sensitivity, and strong supporting performances abound." (The Telegraph ★★★★)
"Meckler is as wise as she is visionary ... [Meckler] drives her body-meets-text sensibilities into vigourous and precise direction. The result is an unlocking of every last nuance of Shakespeare's text - the sublime imagery of universal loss, the pity of madness, and the play's comic potential" (WhatsOn Stage)
"Meckler's staging is clear, swift and compelling ... It gathers to a moving finale, with McNally's piteous Lear holding the stage, and delivers forcefully the lesson that power should always be allied with care" (The Financial Times ★★★)
"There's an underlying through-line of intelligence and sensitivity, and strong supporting performances abound." (The Telegraph ★★★★)
"Meckler is as wise as she is visionary ... [Meckler] drives her body-meets-text sensibilities into vigourous and precise direction. The result is an unlocking of every last nuance of Shakespeare's text - the sublime imagery of universal loss, the pity of madness, and the play's comic potential" (WhatsOn Stage)
"Meckler's staging is clear, swift and compelling ... It gathers to a moving finale, with McNally's piteous Lear holding the stage, and delivers forcefully the lesson that power should always be allied with care" (The Financial Times ★★★)
