The Season of Lear: Lear's Follies -- New Adaptation of Shakespeare
Morrison Stage, Artists Repertory Theatre (1515 SW Morrison St. Portland, OR 97205)
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- $30.00
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- $15.00*
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The last date listed for The Season of Lear: Lear's Follies was Sunday August 5, 2012 / 2:00pm.
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Written on Jul 23 2012creative treatment of a classic tale with fun special effects.
More Information About The Season of Lear: Lear's Follies
Website
http://portlandshakes.org/lears-follies/
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Description
Directed by Michael Mendelson
Portland Shakespeare Project commissioned award winning Portland playwright C.S. Whitcomb, whose other plays include Holidazed, Book of John, and The Wilde Boy, to write this new adaptation of King Lear. Lear’s Follies is set in a Virginia tobacco empire family in 1929. The play explores issues of pride, greed, friendship, devotion and the choices people make in their lives that keep them shackled emotionally to their past.
As one viewer who saw the staged reading of Lear’s Follies at the 2012 Fertile Ground Festival said, “This play will open up the story of King Lear to new audience and make it accessible.” Come and see what King Lear has to teach us in its new form … and maybe even have some fun along the way. Who said that tragedy has to be high on body count and low on laughs?
Cast:
Colonel Leroy King: Tobias Andersen
Cora Lee King: Amanda Washko
Robert E Lee King: Gary Norman
Magnolia King: Melissa Whitney
Jefferson Davis King: Gavin Hoffman
Honeysuckle King: Katie Butler
Jonesy (a vaudevillian): Matt Smith
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