"To ask what King Lear is about," wrote Michael Ignatieff, "is to ask what life is about." King Lear, Shakespeare's magnum opus, the one that foreshadows all modern theater, is a great coming-of-age tragedy, the story of a violent and irrational man who reaps what he sows, who grows worse with age because he cannot accept her and that, after being thrown into nothingness, he learns his lesson when it is too late.
Translation Joan Sellent Direction Calixto Bieito Performers Josep Maria Pou, Roser Camí, Carles Canut, Boris Ruíz, among others.
A co-production of Forum Barcelona 2004, Grec 2004 Teatre Romea Conversation with the artists: June 16, 8pm, Biblioteca Vila de Gràcia.
