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Tag: King Lear
Transcendent Experiences Meld as Capitalism Kills: a critical response to LEAR, with footnotes
We(1) saw Lear at the California Shakespeare Theatre(2). Capitalism and unresolved grief(3) kills(4) almost everyone.
Exit Stage Left with Cal Shakes’s Eric Ting
An interview with artistic director Eric Ting about Cal Shakes’ production of Marcus Gardley’s Lear.
A Lear for Today: Black, Bold, and Biblical in Scope
A Forbes’ review of Cal Shakes’ production of Marcus Gardley’s Lear.
‘We’re a theater, not a museum’: As he leaves Cal Shakes, Eric Ting reflects on making the classics relatable
Interview with artistic director Eric Ting about the Cal Shakes’ production of Marcus Gardley’s Lear.
Review: ‘LEAR’ by Marcus Gardley, a World-Premiere Adaptation/Modern Translation of Shakespeare’s ‘KING LEAR” (*****)
Why tamper with this particular masterpiece?
How to make Shakespeare immersive
SF Bay View’s review of Cal Shakes’s production of Lear, by Marcus Gardley.
Marcus Gardley’s ‘LEAR’ is a Culturally Rich Re-Imagining of Shakespeare
When King Lear, played by James A. Williams, first appears on stage, he wears a long fur coat.
“LEAR”: A Universal Tragedy in SF’s Fillmore District – At Cal Shakes
At Cal Shakes, Co-directors Eric Ting and Dawn Monique Williams have staged a first-rate “Lear” with all its rage and fury.
Oakland writer Marcus Gardley puts a modern spin on ‘King Lear’ at Cal Shakes
This world premiere is a poetic production that mirrors Shakespeare’s story, but reimagines it with a 21st-century, modern-verse vocabulary that the audience will more readily understand.