KING LEAR
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company
Sept. 9-Oct. 1
[Over-the-Rhine]
Cast: Jim Hopkins* as King Lear, Candice Handy* as Cordelia, Miranda McGee* as Regan, Kelly Mengelkoch* as Goneril, Matthew Davies as Kent, Jeremy Dubin* as Fool, Charles Gidney as King of France/Oswald, Dathan Hooper* as Gloucester, Warren Jackson* as Edmund, Justin McCombs* as Duke of Cornwall, Demetria Thomas* as Duke of Burgundy/Old Man/Ensemble, Adam Tran* as Duke of Albany & Brent Vimtrup as Edgar
Lear claims “nothing will come of nothing,” but Shakespeare’s tragedy reveals madness will come in the face of chaotic plights. In contemporary Europe, a familial dynasty divides when an aging patriarch splits his estate between two wicked daughters and casts out the third – the only one who truly loves him. As Lear and the status quo devolve into madness, the whole family faces the brutal truth of family dynamics, loyalty, and the existence of justice.
- In preview Wed-Thu, Sept. 7-8 at 7:30pm
- Fri-Sat, Sept. 9-10 at 7:30pm
- Thu-Sat, Sept. 15-17 at 7:30pm
- Sun, Sept. 18 at 2pm
- Thu-Sat, Sept. 22-24 at 7:30pm
- Sun, Sept. 25 at 2pm
- Thu-Fri, Sept. 29-30 at 7:30pm
- Sat, Oct. 1 at 2pm & 7:30pm
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