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Post by pacinoyes on May 1, 2023 10:15:38 GMT
As far as I know - he has never played Lear......but now:
Stage and screen actor Kenneth Branagh will direct and star in the titular role of Shakespeare's King Lear. The production will first play at Wyndham's Theatre in London before transferring to Off-Broadway's The Shed.
Previews are set to begin at Wyndham's Theatre October 21 where the work will open a 50-performance run October 31. A bow at The Shed's Griffin Theater will follow in the fall of 2024, with dates to be announced along with casting and creative team.
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Post by MsMovieStar on May 1, 2023 11:54:43 GMT
Oh honey, am I the only one who finds Kenneth 'wannabe Laurence Olivier' Brannagh horribly pretentious?
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Post by pacinoyes on Nov 3, 2023 11:04:47 GMT
Reviews aren't great - the NY Times was flat out cruel ..........and in stage acting if you fail at Lear - you piss away a lot of your rep...........you can fail in a film of it but not on the stage........pretty disappointing stuff......
Branagh’s central performance is ultimately, and surprisingly, underwhelming in its psychologically discontinuous presentation of Lear. Like many in the cast, he either overaccentuates or underpitches his delivery, vacillating between extremes of emotion without fully inhabiting the part’s profound subtleties. Especially in the play’s first half, his oscillations between capricious, bombastic king and bruised father often feel abrupt and synthetic. He is better at capturing the later fragmentation of Lear’s mind – with a somewhat exaggerated sense of self-mocking, eventually coupled with deep grief – but the portrait of Lear that emerges by the end isn’t as integrated – or, more importantly, as scorching – as it should be.theartsdesk.com/theatre/king-lear-wyndhams-theatre-review-kenneth-branagh-helms-pared-down-tragedy |
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Post by pacinoyes on Mar 21, 2024 17:28:50 GMT
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