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re: King Lear, BAM - question about Cordelia

Posted by: enoch10 12:15 am EST 01/17/14
In reply to: King Lear, BAM - question about Cordelia - drummergirl 11:55 pm EST 01/16/14
i think it is in THE DRESSER that the point is made that the greatest quality the actress portraying cordelia should possess is that she be light and easy to carry.

she is a crucial character and a pretty lousy part.

there may have been a great cordelia (rather than just a great actress who happened to be playing her) but none springs immediately to mind.

of the three sisters she is the most honest (the only one honest, really) and virtuous but honesty and virtue can often lack the dramatic impact of, say, blinding a man with the heel of your footwear.

i almost always find a good iago more interesting than an equally matched good othello. john douglas thompson being the obvious exception.


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