Review - Play On Shakespeare

“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.

The king is a Fillmore District real estate magnate in Cal Shakes’ twist on ‘Lear’

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.

Curtain Calls: ‘Lear’ in Orinda sets Bard classic in S.F.’s 1969 Fillmore

East Bay Times’ review of Lear, by Marcus Gardley, produced by Cal Shakes.

Review: Cal Shakes’ dazzling new ‘Lear,’ set in the ’60s Fillmore District, takes the tragedy to another level

[S]eeing “Lear,” Marcus Gardley’s bold new adaptation of Shakespeare’s monumental tragedy, is enough to make you wonder whether you’ve ever really grasped the full impact of the original play.

Review: LEAR by Marcus Gardley at Cal Shakes

Cal Shakes and Obie award winner Marcus Gardley present a deconstructed, modern verse updating of King Lear and it’s a visually stunning, marvelously acted update that gives the Bard’s story of betrayal, power and family legacy urgency and import for today’s audience.