Needcompany’s ‘King Lear’

Alternative title
King Lear
Synopsis
Video recording of the Needcompany deconstructed performance work King Lear. Performed with a cast of 11 (the roles of the Fool and Kent, Albany and Cornwall are doubled - played as twin punks), the play is presented in three languages - mostly Dutch with intermittent English and Cordelia speaking French.
Language
Dutch (Standard)
Country
United States
Medium
Video
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Recording date
4 Nov 2001
Duration
137 mins

Credits

Director
Jan Lauwers
Production Design
Jan Lauwers
Choreographer
Carlotta Sagna
Cast
Tom JansenLear
Carlotta SagnaCordelia
Josse De PauwFool
Misha DowneyEdgar, later disguised as Tom o’Bedlam
Anneke BonnemaRegan
Dick CraneDuke of Albany
Dick CraneDuke of Cornwall
Grace Ellen BarkeyGoneril
Hans Petter DahlEdmund
Josse De PauwEarl of Kent
Tijen LawtonOswald
Timothy CouchmanKing of France

Additional Details

Theatre
Harvey Theatre, Brooklyn Academy of Music, NY
Theatre company
Needcompany
Production type
Stage Recordings
Plays
King Lear
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Doubling of roles

Notes

Reviews
Bruce Weber, ‘When Shakespeare Could Use a Warning Label’ in New York Times (Review 2 November 2001). Weber writes: ‘Misha Downey a soft-spoken Edgar delivers his lines as if he had never studied acting and didn’t understand why he should’.

Production Company

Name

Character Generators

Archive

Name

Theatre on Film and Tape (TOFT)

Email
toft@nypl.org
Web
http://www.nypl.org/locations/lpa/theatre-film-and-tape-archive External site opens in new window
Phone
+ 1 (212) 870-1642
Fax
(212) 8701868
Address
Billy Rose Theatre Collection
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York,New York
10023-7498
USA

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Needcompany’s ‘King Lear’". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av37472 (Accessed 29 Nov 2024)