King Lear

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Event King Lear
Venue Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
First Date 2 September 1998
Opening Date 3 September 1998
Last Date 19 September 1998
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description Bell Shakespeare tour 1998. By Shakespeare. "All I'm sure of is that this is not a journey into madness but rather a journey from the madness of absolute power to the sanity of discovering Lear's oneness with the rest of humanity".
John Bell
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Tragedy
Elizabethan
Subjects Power
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Di Adams Actor Regan
John Bell Actor King Lear
Thomas Clunie Actor Blanch
Louise Fox Actor Fool
Melita Jurisic Actor Goneril
Russell Kiefel Actor Gloucester
Deborah Mailman Actor Cordelia
Christian Manon Actor Sweetheart
Ben Mortley Actor Trev
Kazuhiro Muroyama Actor Oswald
Rostislav Orel Actor Kent
David Peatfield Actor Lady
Matthew Whittet Actor Edgar
Ben Winspear Actor Edmund
Tom Wright Assistant Director
Jane Liddy Assistant Stage Manager
Barrie Kosky Composer
Peter Corrigan Designer
Barrie Kosky Director
Tom Wright Dramaturg/e
Mark Shelton Lighting Designer
William Shakespeare Playwright
Nicholas Day Production Manager
Peter Eades Sound Designer
Pip Madgwick Stage Manager
Resources
Works
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Programme contains all tour dates, photographs and biographical details of cast and production team. Musicians John Brennan, Barrie Kosky and Keith Stirling not entered. All information about this production, including programme notes, are available through the Bell Shakespeare Company web site. See the resources and archive links provided at www.bellshakespeare.com.au.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia
Newspaper
Web www.bellshakespeare.com.au.
Event Identifier 24026
Dataset AusStage