King Lear

Synopsis

Video recording of Robert Fall’s 2009 modern-dress staging of King Lear for the Shakespeare Theatre Company with Stacy Keach in the title role. Videotaped for WAPAVA by T.J. O’Toole.

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Video

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Recording date

27 Jun 2009

Duration

200 (inc. interval)

Credits

Director

Robert Falls

Writer

William Shakespeare

Production Design

Walt Spangler

Costume

Ana Kuzmanic

Contributor

T.J. O’Toole

Cast

Stacy Keach	Lear
Laura Odeh	Cordelia
Edward Gero	Earl of Gloucester
Howard Witt	Fool
Andrew Long	Duke of Albany
Aubrey K. Deeker	King of France
Chris Genebach	Duke of Cornwall
Conrad Feininger	Doctor
David Blixt	Captain
Dieterich Gray	Oswald
Gary Neal Johnson	Knight
Hugh Nees	Old Man
Jonno Roberts	Edmund
Kate Arrington	Regan
Kim Martin-Cotten	Goneril
Steve Pickering	Earl of Kent

Additional Details

Theatre

Sidney Harman Hall

Theatre company

Shakespeare Theatre Company

Production type

Stage Recordings

Historical period

Contemporary

Plays

King Lear; Midsummer Night’s Dream, A

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

History

The production originated at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre in 2006

Textual information

Dramaturg is Akiva Fox

Reviews

Peter Marks, Washington Post (June 23 2009). Magelssen, Scott. Shakespeare Bulletin 25 , No. 2, Summer 2007, pp. 91-94.

Archive

Name

Washington Area Performing Arts Video Archive (WAPAVA)

Email

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