Saturday, 3 December 2016

21 November 2016. King Lear at the Barbican

This RSC production with Anthony Sher was notable for his amazing acting as well as for the drama of the staging. He enters like an Egyptian carried on a tall chair from which he carves up his kingdom. Then it all goes downhill and Sher conveys excellently Lear's descent into a bewildered old age.
However, I have seen a lot of Lears and now I feel I see it more to tick off another production and actor - It is not a play that is enjoyable really in any way.

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