King Lear (Arkangel Shakespeare)
by William Shakespeare
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Author: William ShakespeareEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Format: Audiobook, CD, Unabridged
Published: 2005-09-08
ISBN: 1932219188
Publisher: BBC Audio
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- ISBN13: 9781932219180
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Book Reviews of King Lear (Arkangel Shakespeare)
Book Review: Bleak but gripping
Summary: 5 Stars
It's a bleak piece of work, two dysfunctional families (Lear and his daughters, Gloster and his sons) who are each capable of private disaster and combine to make public catastrophe. Lear in particular is a walking emotional trainwreck. Shakespeare's triumph here is that although Lear behaves incredibly badly in the very first scene, we still sympathise enough to want to know what happens to him. Edmuind is a much smoother baddie, who is worthy of a play of his own. The plot is a wee bit wobbly at the edges, but that's not the point: this is a play about strong characters and their families.
The bit with Gloster's eyes being pulled out and jumped on is pretty repulsive - I don't recall anything this gruesome in Shakespeare since Titus Andronicus; perhaps the audience was demanding more gore?
Arkangel have two excellent actors paying Lear and Edgar in Trevor Peacock (who I'm ashamed to say I knew only from The Vicar of Dibley) and David Tennant (whoever he is). Along with the Fool (John Rogan) they rather overshadow the rest of the cast - I particularly wished that Gerry Murphy as Edmund had found a little more oomph. But basically the quality of the script carries even average performances from the others to make it a pretty good listen.
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