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Today we are
revisiting Shakespeare’s play King Lear, in a world
premiere production debuted by Folger Theatre and The
Classical Theatre of Harlem.
The Folger Shakespeare
describes King Lear as a play that challenges us with the
magnitude, intensity, and sheer duration of the pain that it
represents. The play talks about families struggling between greed
and cruelty, on the one hand, and support and consolation, on the
other. We are also exposed to old age portrayed in all its
vulnerability.
As Ty Jones,
who played Edmund in the production and is the Producing Artistic
Director of The Classical Theatre of Harlem, says in his
introduction to this selection, “emotions are extreme.”
In the scene shared today, Lear, played here by André DeShields,
rages against nature and the coming storm.
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