Word: lear
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Carnovsky-Fletcher "King Lear" was first presented by the Connecticut Stratfordians in 1963. With some changes in the supporting cast, the production has been remounted, and will play in repertory through Sept. 11. Because of the extraordinary interest in this show, three additional performances have been announced to supplement those originally scheduled: August 12, 19, and 26 at 8 p.m. Since I discussed this production at great length in these pages two years ago, it seemed worthwhile this time around to request an evaluation from a person who has himself played the role of Lear. Harold R. Scott...
...fourth and final offering of the season, the American Shakespeare Festival has come up with its first revival of a production: the Morris Carnovsky-Allen Fletcher concept of King Lear...
...gone before. This conflict is centered in the figure of the old actor, who is superbly portrayed by Julian Lopez Morrillas One moment he is the aged, broken, drunk old man; the next, one sees his genious flash through as he monologues excerpts from Antony's funeral oration and Lear's storm speech. Eyes blazing, he momentarily recaptures the brilliance he possessed as a young actor. As the aged prompter, Mike Owens is good, but is really primarily a foil for the actor...
...note: A review of the Festival's "King Lear" will appear shortly. The drive to the handsome Shakespeare Festival Theatre on the Housatonic River in Stratford Conn. takes three hours via the Massachusetts Turnpike and Exit 53 from the Merritt Parkway. Performances start at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. and have a tendency to begin promptly on the hour. There are free picnic facilities on the grounds...
AMERICAN SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL, Stratford, Conn.: Featured players this season are Philip Bosco as the noble-natured but uncouth general, Coriolanus; Lillian Gish as the malapert nurse in Romeo and Juliet; Morris Carnovsky in his-famed portrayal of King Lear; Ruby Dee as the knockabout Kate in Shrew...