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
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
Archive
- Name
Theatre on Film and Tape (TOFT)
- 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)