Learning on ScreenLear Dreaming
- Synopsis
- Video recording of Ong Ken Sen’s Lear Dreaming. The story is set in the context of King Lear’s sleep of death, as he reminisces on the folly of his ways which led him to lose his kingdom to his daughter.
- Country
- Singapore
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 2012
- Duration
- 93 mins
Credits
- Director
- Ong Keng Sen
- Music
- Rahayu Supanggah; Toru Yamankaya
- Production Design
- Justin Hill
- Costume
- Mitsushi Yanaihara
- Cast
Naohiko Umewaka Old Man (Lear) Man Wu Daughter (Cordelia) Kwon Soon Kang Mother Piterman Loyal attendant
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Drama Theatre, School of the Arts, Singpore
- Theatre company
- TheatreWorks
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Plays
- King Lear
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Noh drama; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Multiculturalism
Notes
- Notes
- Performed in Bahasa Indonesia, Japanese, Korean and Mandarin. Streamed at: http://globalshakespeares.mit.edu/lear-dreaming-ong-keng-sen-2012 (accessed 8/2013).
- General
- Gamelan music composed, directed and performed by: Rahayu Suppanggah. Electronic music composed and performed by Toru Yamankaya.
- History
- World premiere at the 2102 Singapore Arts Festival
- Textual information
- Text fragments inspired by King Lear by Rio Kishida. Additional text by Rahayu Supanggah, Kwon Soon Kang, and
Piterman
Archive
- Name
globalshakespeares.mit.edu
- globalshax-www@mit.edu
- Web
- http://globalshakespeares.mit.edu External site opens in new window
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