Globe Theatre King Lear EN subs 2017

King Lear by William Shakespeare performed live at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre

2017



Run time  3 hrs 15 mins           English subtitles for the play performance



                                                    Presented in two parts at interval.  Includes an interview        

                                                    with the director plus a short featurette in separate files.



IMDb   tt7164720/



Summary



 "King Lear has three daughters, but no sons. Boldly he makes a decision to

divide his kingdom among his children, but fails to anticipate the consequences of

his actions. His generosity is cruelly repaid and Lear finds himself adrift,

wandering homeless and destitute. As he comes to realize the false values by which

he has lived, he finally encounters his own humanity."



Cast and creatives



directed for the stage by Nancy Meckler

directed for the screen by Ian Russell



Goneril                                   Emily Bruni

Gloucester                           Burt Caesar

Edmund                                Ralph Davis

Edgar                                    Joshua James

Lear                                       Kevin R. McNally

Oswald/Burgundy            Chris Nayak

Fool                                       Loren O'Dair

Albany                                  Thomas Padden

Kent                                      Saska Reeves

Regan                                   Sirine Saba

Cornwall                               Faz Singhateh

France                                   Buom  Tihngang

Cordelia                                Anjana Vasan



My notes



  This upload adds subtitles for the play.  I had posted it earlier from another

source.  The detail is all the same including featurettes.  I recommend people get

the full DVD with the written notes.  Those notes explain a bit about the non-

traditional style of this production.  In particular the concept of 'the lord of

misrule tradition.'  I immediately thought of King Ubu in this regard which is in my

file group and posted a short time ago.  It will be added to the current index.

Lord of Misrule might also apply to the version of The Taming of the Shrew by the

Globe which features the Christopher Sly scene usually not played.  That will be

added to this index in time.



  And it is coincidental that this Lear is posted after a documentary on eldercare

which gives it another ring of truth.



  Anjana Vasan has a growing career.  She was in Behind The Beautiful Forevers

and the Lear and will appear again in Globe Theatre Mid Summer Night's Dream

directed for the Globe by Emma Rice.  That will be posted to this index as well.

In my favorites list also is Joshua James who appears in this Lear and The Globe Tempest.



Notes written September 5th 2019



 Notes updated April 1 2020