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Description
Jonathan Munby's explosive revival of Shakespeare's epic tragedy transferred to the West End following its sold-out run at Chichester Festival Theatre. Performed by a celebrated cast led by Ian McKellen as the embittered monarch in a fractured kingdom.
In this version the play has been cut back to its essentials to create a shorter play for a modern audience. Munby has also created a version to suit the intimacy and immediacy of the Minerva Theatre (Chichester), whilst harnessing what he describes as the "catapulting ferocity" of the play.
Two ageing fathers - one a King, one his courtier - reject the children who truly love them. Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless ambition and treachery as family and state are plunged into a violent power struggle with shocking ends.
Tender, brutal, moving and epic, King Lear is considered by many to be the greatest tragedy ever written.
Product details
| Published | Oct 30 2018 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 104 |
| ISBN | 9781786825988 |
| Imprint | Oberon Books |
| Dimensions | Not specified |
| Series | Oberon Classics |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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