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King Lear
by William Shakespeare
This extraordinary production was roundly panned by the London critics, who were rightly completely ignored by audiences. Completely sold out for months, the beauty of the production utterly overcame any limitations set upon it by some performances. Michael was a wild man as 'Poor Tom'. Hiroyuki Sanada was a revelation as 'The Fool'. In rep at the RSC Stratford through 26 February 2000.
Directed by Yukio Ninagawa
Music by Ryudo Uzaki
Design by Yukio Horio
Lighting Design by Tamotsu Harada
Cast:
'King Lear'  |
Nigel Hawthorne |
| 'Goneril, his daughter' |
Siân Thomas |
| 'Regan, his daughter' |
Anna Chancellor |
| 'Cordelia, his youngest daughter' |
Robin Weaver |
| 'Fool' |
Hiroyuki Sanada |
| 'King of France, suitor to Cordelia' |
Alisdair Simpson |
| 'Duke of Burgundy, suitor to Cordelia' |
Peter O'Meara |
| 'Duke of Albany, Goneril's husband' |
Simon Chandler |
| 'Duke of Cornwall, Regan's husband' |
Nicholas McGaughey |
| 'Earl of Kent' |
Christopher Benjamin |
| 'Earl of Gloucester' |
John Carlisle |
| 'Edgar, his son' |
Michael Maloney |
| 'Edmund, his bastard son' |
William Armstrong |
| 'Gentleman in Lear's service' |
Edward Clayton |
| 'Oswald, Goneril's servant' |
Nicholas Tennant |
| 'Old Man, tenant to Gloucester' |
Brian Poyser |
| 'Doctor' |
Raymond Bowers |
| 'Captain' |
Leon Tanner |
| 'Herald' |
Julian Ovenden |
| 'Gentlewomen' |
Sarah Ball, Paula Stephens |
| 'Knights/Attendants in Lear's Service' |
Raymond Bowers, Edward Clayton, |
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Jim Fish, Julian Ovenden, Jack Tanner, |
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Leon Tanner, Stephen Ventura |
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