King Lear

Synopsis: Video recording of Lee Breuer’s production of King Lear set in the American South in the 1950s, with the gender roles of the major characters reversed: Lear is a woman with three sons. Videotaped for TOFT by Richard Stucker.
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 1 Feb 1990
Duration: 180 mins

General: The entire performance is miked. The score includes parts of songs by Hank Williams and Elvis Pesley,
Textual information: Dramaturg: Alisa Solomon
Reviews: Elin Diamond, Theatre Journal (vol. 42, no. 4), December 1990 p. 481-484; Michael Feingold, Village Voice, February 6, 1990.

Ruth Maleczech	Lear
Lute Ramblin	Cordelion (Cordelia)
Isobell Monk	Earl of Gloucester
Greg Mehrten	Fool
Karen Evans-Kandel	Edna (Edgar, later disguised as Tom o’Bedlam)
Bill Raymomd	Goneril
Black-Eyed Susan	Duke of Albany
Clove Galiliee	King of France
Ellen McElduff	Elva (Edmund)
Honora Fergusson	Duke of Cornwall
Kimberly Scott	Wilda (Oswald)
Lola Pashalinskai	Earl of Kent
Maya O’Reilly	Duke of Burgundy
Ron Vawter	Regan

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