Iruthiattam, a 2001 Tamil-language adaptation of King Lear. The production was directed by R. Raju…
Belinda YungJanuary 5, 2010
1832 Scenes, Lear (III.iii), English, Chowringhee Theatre, Calcutta. 1880 Atipidacarita, Marathi, tr./adapt. S M Ranade,…
Poonam TrivediJune 22, 2010
The universalized Shakespeare stream is seen through a Marathi production, directed by Sharad Bhuthadia, by…
Poonam TrivediJune 22, 2010
Prologue: Unlike the other two productions, this version of King Lear is an indigenisation of…
Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
He proceeds to act out the Fool, indulging in all the acrobatics of a fool:…
Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
The Fool's rolls and somersaults bring him face to face with a Sentry who mockingly…
Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Lear's entry is in the traditional mimetic fashion; he comes, heralded by drums and flutes,…
Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Lear narrates his intent: "I wish to retire and will divide the kingdom / country…
Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
The two elder daughters enter announced by the Fool and to the accompaniment of a…
Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Cordelia enters later, separately from her sisters and bows to Lear. This adaptation has a…
Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Lear announces the love-test and the division of the country: "I want to hear with…
Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Goneril / Kanaka's professtion of love and Lear is hugely, and literally, "tickled" by her…
Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Regan does one better, she brings on the tears: "When I think of my father,…
Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Lear turns invitingly to Cordelia only to be hit by her "Nothing!" He almost loses…
Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Cordelia, in this production has more than the usual words: her arguments against Lear have…
Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Goneril and Regan immediately, and sycophantically, jump to the defense of Lear. They sharply rebuke…
Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Kent intervenes in support of Cordelia: "She is speaking the truth, you should respect her,…
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Cordelia continues: "Why do my sisters have husbands, if they say they love you all?…
Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
The two elder sisters accuse Cordelia of angering the father and ruining his public ceremony.…
Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
In an interlude led by the Fool a pungent critique is voiced: the Fool rushes…
Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
The Fool introduces the sub-plot, as the story of the rich and the fat ones,…
Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Lear's second entry, with fanfare. He comes, as before, miming the motion and movements of…
Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
When Oswald complains about Lear to Goneril, this Lear, more irascible and physical than usual,…
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Goneril continues her chastisement of Lear: "You are not fit to live in a palace,…
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Goneril's soliloquy: "I will send advance word to my sister. When he stays neither here…
Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Lear's third entry, en route to Regan's castle, again riding and miming a chariot to…
Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
In front of Regan's castle: Oswald, who has arrived here with a letter from Goneril…
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Lear to Kent: "Did not my daughter protest that it (binding you up) was wrong?"…
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Regan tries to talk to Lear, seemingly more reasonable; she comes and sits next to…
Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Lear's dirge like moan of grief when he finally realizes that his daughters are not…
Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Goneril arrives on the scene and upbraids Lear for his highhanded behaviour. Cornwall and Regan…
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In a gesture of ultimate abjection, Lear spreads his angavastam / body-cloth (the long scarf…
Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Lear's humilation turns to rage: he begins to curse the world and invokes a tempest,…
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Loyal Gloucester upbraids the sisters for their mistreatment of their father, "Stop him, it's your…
Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
The storm. The Fool searching for Lear and Lear wailing about ungrateful people in despair.…
Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
The voice of Cordelia, calling, searching for the father. Cordelia appears during the storm to…
Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
The play ends with the voice of the Fool plaintively calling out for, searching for,…
Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
