King Lear

King Lear

Character----1962 Peter Brooke
o Script possessed characters that embodied a state of ‘moral neutrality.’ Forced the audience to make judgements themselves about the characters. Eg- Brooke’s Lear earns his doom, therefore, does the audience pity, nod to his punishment, both?
o Display of minimal vision. Portrayal King Lear as a tragedy of the grotesque with an emphasis on minimalistic traits as a basis for his vision eg. Bare stage, two moveable white flats.
o Emphasised Lear’s tyranny and obsession with power, and also highlighted the similarity between his behaviour and that of Goneril and Regan.
o Characterisation, also emphasised by the lack of symbols, staging and costumes.
o Some critics say; by emphasising the grandeur of each characters traits and characterisation and diminishing all other theatrical devices “this turned the play into a bleak vision of negation.”

Chaos and Barbarity----1908 Max Reinhardt.
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