When I think of Shakespeare’s women, many names come to mind: Gertrude, Lady Macbeth, Ophelia, Beatrice, Portia, Helena, Titania, Rosalind, Juliet, Desdemona.
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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.
“Coriolanus” – Actors’ Shakespeare Project (Boston, MA.) – Review
The show, originally structured as five acts, has been paired down to just two, and explores the lure and impact of reigning power upon the lives of those who want it, get it, abuse it and, more often than not, ultimately lose it.
A Lear for Today: Black, Bold, and Biblical in Scope
A Forbes’ review of 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.
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.