Performance

Venue	Everyman & Playhouse
	Also: Liverpool Everyman, Liverpool Playhouse, Studio
Town	Liverpool
County	Merseyside
From	30th October 2008
Opened	5th November 2008
To	29th November 2008
When	19:30
Prices	This production is now sold out for advance bookings. There will be twelve seats on sale each performance date at 12 noon for 10 each - only available in person from the Everyman Box Office.
Everyman & Playhouse (V535)
Current/Future Listings
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King Lear

Work:: King Lear (S0555289637)

King Lear divides his Kingdom between his daughters according to a declaration of their love for him. His eldest Goneril and Regan exaggerate their affection and inherit. His youngest daughter Cordelia speaks only the truth and is banished. So begins the tragedy of King Lear, whose dignity, sanity and finally life are torn from him by a self-seeking younger generation, ambitious for his power. What is love, what is madness, what is truth - Shakespeare explores these questions together with many others in King Lear, widely considered to be his greatest tragedy.

Author

Shakespeare

Production:: (T02056929993)

Corporate Sponsor	University of Liverpool
Producer	Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse
Producer	Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse
Company	Headlong Theatre
Director	Rupert Goold
Design	Giles Cadle
Lighting	Howard Harrison
Sound	Adam Cork
Costume	Nicky Gillibrand
Director	Georgina Lamb (movement)
Performer	Pete Postlethwaite (King Lear)
Performer	John Shrapnel (Earl of Gloucester)
Performer	Nigel Cooke (Earl of Kent)
Performer	Forbes Masson (the Fool)
Performer	Jonjo O'Neill (Edmund)
Performer	Tobias Menzies (Edgar)
Performer	Amanda Hale (Cordelia)
Performer	Caroline Faber (Goneril)
Performer	Charlotte Randle (Regan)
Performer	Michael Colgan (Duke of Albany)
Performer	Clarence Smith (Duke of Cornwall)
Performer	John-Paul MacLeod (Duke of Burgundy)
Performer	Jacob Anderson (Boy)

Listing:: L01611744818

Reviews

No UKTW or User reviews available.

Special Performances

24 Nov 08 Audio Described
28 Nov 08 Open Captioned (STAGETEXT)

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