Significant cuts to the text lend this “Hamlet” the force and urgency of a flooding river, lifting the audience into the lifeboats and urging us to hang on for the ride.
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Pocket Play Review: King Lear at the American Shakespeare Center
In the intimate space of the Blackfriars Playhouse, we don’t just see “King Lear,” we feel the pain of betrayal and the fear of senility, the heartbreak of a broken family and the tenderness of devoted friendship, the full range of emotion captured in Shakespeare’s timeless tale.
