In this bold offering from RSC Artistic Director Gregory Doran and the Royal Shakespeare Company (King and Country: Shakespeare’s Great Cycle of Kings, 2016 Winter/Spring), inimitable Olivier Award-winning actor Sir Antony Sher (Falstaff in Henry IV, Parts I & II, 2016 Winter/Spring) rises to that teetering throne, giving a career-defining performance as the all-too-trusting monarch in the twilight of his sanity.
Beneath a pagan sun that gives way to a bleak winter, Sher’s Lear growls, inhabiting the self-searching conscience of a king who—after unwisely divesting his lands to the wrong people—causes heads to roll.
Age Guidance: 15
Show Notes: 1 Intermission
Audience Advisory:
Addded performances: Sat 4/21 & 4/28 @ 1:30 pm
Performance Schedule:
TUESDAY thru SATURDAY @ 7:30 PM
SUNDAY @ 3 PM
Director
Gregory Doran
Written by
William Shakespeare