King Lear in Brooklyn by Pennington, Michael, 1943- author instant download

King Lear in Brooklyn by Pennington, Michael, 1943- author instant download

1 online resource, What is King Lear really thinking? What has made his daughters what they are? What does his mysterious Fool dream about? What really lies behind the familiar lines of Shakespeare's great tragedy? Michael Pennington appeared triumphantly as King Lear in New York in 2014 and repeats the part in a major UK tour in 2016. As well as giving an enthralling account of the circumstances and fortunes of the New York production, he dispels the idea of this great play as something forbidding and remote by bringing its characters vividly into the present in their contemporary voices to explain their reactions, strategies, struggles and setbacks. This counterpoint of Shakespeare's play seen from this point of view with the earthly story of the actor working in Brooklyn with real people is uncanny and beautiful. Pennington's account is also funny, highly personal and deeply illuminating, both honest and scholarly. Invaluable for theatre practitioners, theatregoers and all lovers of Shakespeare, KING LEAR IN BROOKLYN is the work of one of our very finest actor-writers at the top of his game, Online resource; title from READ title page (OverDrive, June 21, 2016), Cover; Half-title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Theatre For A New Audience; Dramatis Personae; Contents; List of Illustration; Introduction; Week One; Week Two; Act One Scene One: The Division of the Kingdom; Week Three; Act One Scene Two: The Goddess Nature; Act One Scene Three: The Second Curse; Act One Scene Four: The Kent Business; Act One Scene Five: Lear at the Bus Stop; Week Four; Act Two Scene One: The Flight of Edgar; Act Two Scene Two: The Stocks; Act Two Scene Three: On the Run; Act Two Scene Four: The End of the Past; Week Five; Act Three Scene Two: The Storm, Act Three Scene Three: Gloucester and EdmundAct Three Scene Four: Poor Tom; Act Three Scene Five: Cornwall and Edmund; Act Three Scene Six: The Hovel; Act Three Scene Seven: The Blinding of Gloucester; Week Six; Act…