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''This article is about a performance of Shakespeare's play. For other uses, see [[King Lear (disambiguation)]].''
''This article is about a performance of Shakespeare's play. For other uses, see [[King Lear (disambiguation)]].''


[[Folger Theatre|Folger Theatre]]  screened the Shakespeare Globe's performance of [[King Lear|''King Lear'']] from September 5 to 21, 2014.  
[[Folger Theatre|Folger Theatre]]  screened the Shakespeare Globe's performance of [[King Lear|''King Lear'']] from September 5 to 21, 2014.


For further information, please visit the Folger site to [http://www.folger.edu/wosummary.cfm?woid=932 learn more].
[[File:2014 King Lear Shakespeare's Globe.jpg|350px|frame|Shakespeare's Globe ''King Lear''.|none]]
 
Weary of his royal duties, King Lear proposes to break up his kingdom and divide it among his three daughters. Shakespeare’s Globe’s <em>King Lear</em> stars Joseph Marcell, well known as Geoffrey the English butler on the hit TV show <em>The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air</em>and internationally known as a classical actor and seen in Folger Theatre’s 2007 <em>As You Like It</em>.


== Production ==
== Production ==
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=== Production team ===
=== Production team ===
For the Globe Theatre:
* Andrew Dorman, Lighting Designer
* Dominic Dromgoole, Artistic Director
* Erin Teachman, Master Electrician
* Tom Bird, Executive Producer
* Rachel Spears, Production Assistant
* Lotte Buchan, Theatre General Manager
* Amanda Kircher, Light Board Operator
* Helen Hillman, Theater Finance Manager
* Edwin Schiff, Wardrobe Head
* Bill Barclay, Director of Music
 
* Jessica Lusk, Assistant Coordinator and Assistant to the Artistic Director
=== Folger Theatre ===
* Malu Ansaldoo, International Tour Associate
* Janet Alexander Griffin, Artistic Producer
* Emily Benson, Playhouse Associate
* Beth Emelson, Associate Artistic Producer  
* Rosie Townshend, Playhouse Coordinator
* David Polk, General Manager  
* Harry Niland, Assistant Company Manager
* Charles Flye, Theatre Production Manager  
* James Maloney, Music Assistant
* Rebekah Sheffer, Assistant Technical Director  
* Katherine Ellis, Theatre Finance Assistant
* Katherine Pitt, Programs Assistant
* Sarah Murray, Theatre Assistant
* Teresa Wood, Casting Assistant
* Lottie Newth, Events Assistant
 
* Andrei Manta, Film and Digital Distribution Assistant
== Reviews  ==
* David Loumgair, Music Voluntary Work Placement
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/22/AR2009062202936.html The Washington Post  ]
* Tamsin Palmer, Associate Producer
* [http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/46252/king-lear-at-folger-theatre-and-spark-at-theater-alliance/ Washington City Paper] 
* Paul Russel, Production Manager
* [http://dctheatrescene.com/2014/09/10/king-lear-globe-folger-theatre/ DC Theatre Scene]
* Marion Marrs, Company Manager
* [http://www.mdtheatreguide.com/2014/09/theatre-review-king-lear-at-folger-shakespeare-library/ Maryland Theatre Guide]
* Wills, Technical Manager
* Matilda James, Casting Director
* Chui-Yee Cheung, Film and Digital Distribution Manager
* Karishma Balani, CAsting, Creative and Filming Associate
* Fay Powel-Thomas, Assistant Production Manager
* Naomi Buchanan Brooks, Cynthia Cahill and Rebecca Toland, Stage Managers
* Laura Rushton, Costume Supervisor
* Jessica Hughes, Tour Wardrobe Manager
* Helena Miscioscia, Marketing and Press Officer (Touring and Events)
* Dr. Farah Karin-Cooper, Dr. Will Tosh, Olivia Bascombe, Lucy Brown, Jennifer Edwards, Kelsey Jacobson, Lydia Mallinson, Heidi Pontet, Sarah Reimers and Brooke Thomas, Reasearch
For Folger Theatre
*  
[[File:2014 King Lear Shakespeare's Globe.jpg|350px|left|frame|Shakespeare's Globe ''King Lear''.]]


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For further information, please visit the Folger site to [http://www.folger.edu/wosummary.cfm?woid=932 learn more].[[Category: Public programs]]
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Revision as of 11:23, 13 December 2017

This article is about a performance of Shakespeare's play. For other uses, see King Lear (disambiguation).

Folger Theatre screened the Shakespeare Globe's performance of King Lear from September 5 to 21, 2014.

Shakespeare's Globe King Lear.

Weary of his royal duties, King Lear proposes to break up his kingdom and divide it among his three daughters. Shakespeare’s Globe’s King Lear stars Joseph Marcell, well known as Geoffrey the English butler on the hit TV show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Airand internationally known as a classical actor and seen in Folger Theatre’s 2007 As You Like It.

Production

Cast

  • Gwendolen Chatfield: Goneril, Curan
  • Bethan Cullinane: Cordelia, Fool
  • Joseph Marcell: King Lear
  • Alex Mugnaiono: Edgar, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Burgundy
  • Bill Nash: Earl of Kent
  • Daniel Pirrie: Edmund, Oswald, Duke of France
  • Shanaya Rafaat: Regan
  • John Stahl: Earl of Gloucester, Duke of Albany, Doctor

Creative team

  • Giles Block, Globe Associate - Text
  • Bill Buckhurst, Director
  • Jonathan Fenson, Designer
  • Georgina Lamb, Choreographer
  • Glynn MacDonald, Globe Associate - Movement
  • Kevin McCurdy, Fight Director
  • Martin McKellan, Voice and Dialect
  • Nicola Pollard, Text Assistant
  • Alex Silverman, Composer
  • Kirsty Patrick Ward, Assistant Director

Production team

  • Andrew Dorman, Lighting Designer
  • Erin Teachman, Master Electrician
  • Rachel Spears, Production Assistant
  • Amanda Kircher, Light Board Operator
  • Edwin Schiff, Wardrobe Head

Folger Theatre

  • Janet Alexander Griffin, Artistic Producer
  • Beth Emelson, Associate Artistic Producer
  • David Polk, General Manager
  • Charles Flye, Theatre Production Manager
  • Rebekah Sheffer, Assistant Technical Director
  • Katherine Pitt, Programs Assistant
  • Teresa Wood, Casting Assistant

Reviews

For further information, please visit the Folger site to learn more.