Learning on ScreenNeedcompany’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
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Doubling of roles
Credits
- Director
- Jan Lauwers
- Production Design
- Jan Lauwers
- Choreographer
- Carlotta Sagna
- Cast
Anneke Bonnema Carlotta Sagna Dick Crane Grace Ellen Barkey Hans Petter Dahl Josse De Pauw Misha Downey Tijen Lawton Timothy Couchman Tom Jansen
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
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