Usher Nonsense #36 – King Lear
February 11, 2004 to April 18, 2004
King Lear - At the Beaumont - in association with the Stratford Festival of Canada
by: William Shakespeare - Directed by: Jonathan Miller
Sets : Ralph Funicello, Costumes : Clare Mitchell , Composer : Berthold
Carrière, Lighting : Robert Thomson, Sound : Scott Anderson
With: James Blendick, Domini Blythe, Christine Bootl, William Cain,
Benedict Campbell, Brent Carve, Geraint Wyn Davie, Ian Deaki , Jay
Edwards, David Furr, Douglas Harmsen, Claire Jullien, Leo Leyden, Matt
Loney, Barry MacGregor, Quentin Mare, Christopher McHale, Paul O'Brien,
Guy Paul, Lucy Peacock, Christoper Plummer, Andy Prosky, Christopher
Randolph, Stephen Russell, Brian Sgambati, Eric Sheffer Stevens, Baylen
Thomas, Brian Tree, Susan Wilder
Oh dear, dear friends, methinks I saw King Lear,
And for an evening's fare I found it meager.
I made no laugh. I did not clap. No tear
Flowed o'er my cheek. For exeunt I was eager.
How can it be that actors, so well schooled,
Reduce themselves to baseness on the stage
With Acting 101 interpretations
Of jealousy, anger, madness and old age?
The lights were dark, the storms too loud, the whole
A piece of opera without a song
To guide the viewer to the grassy knoll
Whence Dr. Miller made his play most wrong.
Of New York's state of mind there's now grave doubt.
Perhaps, like Lear, we're mad. The play's sold out.
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