Article: Arts: Theatre: Artificial turmoil in a curiously constipated Lear KING LEAR ROYAL EXCHANGE MANCHESTER

Article: King Lear: Act I, Scene V
The Complete Works of Shakespeare;      340 words ......Enter KING LEAR, KENT, and Fool.} KING LEAR: Go you before to Gloucester with these letters...were in's heels, were't not in danger of kibes? KING LEAR: Ay, boy. 10 Fool: Then, I prithee, be merry...

Article: King Lear: Act I, Scene IV
The Complete Works of Shakespeare;      700+ words ......thee full of labours. {Horns within. Enter KING LEAR, Knights, and Attendants.} KING LEAR: Let me not stay a jot for dinner; go get...How now! what art thou? KENT: A man, sir. 10 KING LEAR: What dost thou profess? what wouldst thou...

Article: Theatre: Madness with a personal touch King Lear Royal Exchange, Manchester
The Independent - London;  September 19, 1999 ;     700+ words ......admirable production of King Lear, the kingdom has been...The main virtues of Tom Courtenay's performance as Lear...onslaught. With actors of Courtenay's calibre a production...On the credit side, Courtenay scores when dividing...said correctly. When Courtenay wakes from his ...

Article: King Lear: Act II, Scene IV
The Complete Works of Shakespeare;      700+ words ......Enter KING LEAR, Fool, and Gentleman.} KING LEAR: 'Tis strange that they should so depart from...this remove. KENT: Hail to thee, noble master! KING LEAR: Ha! Makest thou this shame thy pastime? KENT...

Article: The Information on: `King Lear'
The Independent - London;  October 1, 1999 ;     257 words ......Cottesloe. Who's In It? Tom Courtenay's astonishingly low-key...which a character actor of Courtenay's stature can bring to...They Say About It "With Courtenay's disappointing Lear, the...Dresser: `We can't play King Lear without the king. No one...Independent. "With actors of ...

Article: Cut and paste; "King Lear" a la Russe.(Theater review)
The Economist (US);  October 21, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Lev Dodin has reworked Shakespeare's King Lear --with surprising results LEV DODIN...Shakespeare plays, Mr Dodin has now turned to King Lear , the Bard's most ferocious tragedy. He admits that in doing King Lear you must take the bull by the horns...

Article: Sell us your show: King Lear - The Pantomime
The Scotsman;  August 5, 2008 ;     342 words ...King Lear's not the most obvious candidate for panto...We thought, what can we do next? And King Lear has got ugly sisters [Goneril and Regan...Queen Lear for a laugh. We just thought King Lear had to be a hen- pecked hubby. And we...

Article: King Lear: Act III, Scene II
The Complete Works of Shakespeare;      670 words ......Enter KING LEAR and Fool.} KING LEAR: Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow...here's a night pities neither wise man nor fool. KING LEAR: Rumble thy bellyful! Spit, fire! spout, rain...

Article: Masterful and so melancholy; Young reviewer CHRIS CONWAY gives the low-down on the RSC's King Lear, which is at Newcastle's Theatre Royal this week.(News)
Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England);  July 2, 2007 ;     393 words ......understatement and a disservice to the play King Lear if I said I was simply excited at the...see one live, and a great one at that. King Lear tells the story of a kingdom divided...throughout the play, the main story focuses on King Lear and his relationship with his three ...

Article: KING LEAR
The Village Voice;  March 10, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Jonathan Miller makes Shakespeare make sense KING LEAR By William Shakespeare Vivian Beaumont...imported Stratford Festival production of King Lear, there are probably at least a few of...in Maxwell's cast, and the acting in King Lear is woefully uneven in quality. But the...

Article: Kathakali King Lear No 2
The Independent - London;  July 20, 1999 ;     21 words ...Kathakali King Lear No 2: The rigours of the Globe production take their toll on King Lear, who takes a rest backstage Kalpesh Lathigra

Article: Flawed staging of 'King Lear' still worth seeing
Courier-News (Elgin, IL);  February 25, 2001 ;     631 words ......Chicago Shakespeare Theater's revival of "King Lear" is loaded with fine performances and...is 25 years too young to play the aged King Lear. Lear should evoke an almost Old Testament...at their cruelty and vindictiveness. "King Lear" is a tragedy that taps into the heart...

Article: That woman? She's King Lear
Winnipeg Free Press;  April 3, 2007 ;     700+ words ......became the first woman in Britain to play King Lear in a professional production. It was still...for men. I wouldn't think about doing King Lear, my goodness. You don't expect a woman doing King Lear." You don't expect students doing King...

Article: King Lear: Act III, Scene VI
The Complete Works of Shakespeare;      700+ words ......Enter GLOUCESTER, KING LEAR, KENT, Fool, and EDGAR.} GLOUCESTER...madman be a gentleman or a yeoman? 10 KING LEAR: A king, a king! Fool: No, he's a yeoman...sees his son a gentleman before him. KING LEAR: To have a thousand with red burning...