King Lear
By William Shakespeare
Touring the UK, Europe and Asia, and playing at the Globe
CREATIVES
Directed by
Bill Buckhurst
Designed by
Jonathan Fensom
Composed by
Alex Silverman
CAST
Oliver Boot
Edmund/King of France
Bethan Cullinane
Cordelia/Fool
Ruth Everett
Goneril/Curan
Joseph Marcell
King Lear
Rawiri Paratene
Duke of Gloucester/Duke of Albany
Shanaya Rafaat
Regan
Matthew Romain
Edgar/Duke of Cornwall/Duke of Burgundy
Dickon Tyrrell
Earl of Kent
Old King Lear, weary of royal duties, proposes to break up his kingdom and divide it among his three daughters. But this rash generosity is cruelly repaid and Lear discovers too late the false values by which he has lived – and, in turn, the suffering common to all humanity.
Its tempestuous poetry shot through with touches of humour and moments of heart-rending simplicity, King Lear is one of the deepest artistic explorations of the human condition.
Performed at the Globe and touring on an Elizabethan-style stage.
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