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re: Actors discuss playing Lear

Posted by:	BruceinIthaca 12:04 am EST 01/16/14
In reply to:	re: Actors discuss playing Lear - drummergirl 10:37 pm EST 01/15/14

I think "Lear" may be my favorite work of literature (dramatic or non-) in the world. It's an amazing piece of writing and, in the right hands, incredibly powerful in performance. And even in less than expert hands (I'm looking at you, gender-reversed production at Cornell a decade or two ago--the Lear wasn't so much the problem, as having the daughters become rather queeny sons), its poetry and truth cannot be defeated.

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