KING LEAR
Premiered Free Theatre, 9-19 March, 1983
Production Credits

"Christchurch's newest theatre, the Free Theatre, will present a Shakespearean tragedy, King Lear from this evening. It is the theatre's second production since it opened in its permanent home in the Arts Centre, last December. The theatre opened with Alfred Jarry's farce "King Ubu". "King Lear" is a natural complement to "King Ubu," according to the theatre's director, Peter Falkenberg. Both plays confront blindness, but in very different ways. Mr Falkenberg sees "King Lear" as one of the 'holy cows" in English theatre. Most productions are either politely conventional or "original," he says. The Free Theatre's production aims to avoid such tags..."

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Reviews

Shakespeare season
Reviewed by Richard Corballis, The Christchurch Star, March 10 1983

Modern day "King Lear"
Reviewed by Alex Henderson, The Press, March 1983



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Articles

"Tragic Lear at Free Theatre"












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