King Lear
- Synopsis
- The Folger Theatre and The Classical Theatre of Harlem’s 2006 co-production of King Lear directed for stage by Alfred Preisser and videotaped for WAPAVA by George Karseboom. André de Shields is Lear. The majority of the cast is black.
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Duration
- 138 mins
Credits
- Director
- Alfred Preisser
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Production Design
- Troy Hourie
- Costume
- Kimberley Glennon
- Contributor
- George Karseboom
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Elizabethan Theatre, Folger Shakespeare Library
- Theatre company
- Folger Theatre
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Plays
- King Lear
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Black actors; Colourblind casting
Notes
- History
- At the Harlem School of the Arts Theatre, New York, NY, 29 September-5 November 2006; and at the Folger Theatre, 11 January-18 February 2007.
- Reviews
- Isherwood, Charles. The New York Times (7 October 2006, p. A20). Isherwood notes on the pace of the production - ‘The good, the bad and the simply unfortunate have expired almost before we’ve come to know them in this brisk but generally unmoving production’.
Archive
- Name
Washington Area Performing Arts Video Archive (WAPAVA)
- leahkim@umd.edu
- Web
- http://www.wapava.org External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (301) 405 9117
- Address
- James J. Taylor Collection
Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland 20742-1630
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "King Lear". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av69563 (Accessed 12 Nov 2024)