Lear

[wellinghall]

We went to see "King Lear" at the Bristol Theatre Royal / Old Vic yesterday. Great performances from Timothy West as Lear, Stephanie Cole as the Fool, and David Hargreaves as Gloucester, well supported by a young cast. This is a photograph of the set for the first scene:


The theatre is being refurbished, so the bar etc were backstage. There are some pictures at https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10154317977623408.1073741983.658173407&type=1&l=3f6578b3d0

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[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

In fact, you can see the screen on the left of the main picture.

[heliopausa.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I really like hearing about these things - the different ways directors handle the text. Lear's absolutely grim whichever way it's played. :( and so crammed full of material! Directors must utterly quail.