This show finished on Saturday 30 January 1988, and this page is being kept for archival purposes only.

King Lear

Dates

Saturday 23 January - Saturday 30 January 1988

Venue

Gordon Aikman Lecture Theatre

Price

2.50/2.25/2.00

Author

William Shakespeare

Description

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“Connal Morrison’s “ King Lear” in early 1988 was the last such production at George Square Theatre. It overspent its budget heavily, which led to E.U.T.C. enforcing financial liability on producers who overspent the budgets they had been allocated.No student producer since then has risked a George Square run”

Edinburgh’s Bedlam Theatre p.10

“King Lear” is arguably Shakespeare’s greatest play. Certainly it is one of his most demanding, both in terms of acting and production. For any theatre company however well resourced, even contemplating its production might best be done in a darkened room and under medical supervision. The production which I saw at the George Square Theatre was undoubtedly one which could only have enhanced the growing reputation of E.U.T.C. at this time. There were indeed ‘ Many good things in it so much so that to single out any particular scene or performance would be nothing other than trivial and invidious’. The production certainly had very many fine aspects to it, particularly the interpretation and acting involved.

The sense with which one left the Theatre was that above all the world of “ King Lear” had a grim integrity, in which those things that were dark were illumined with the light of hope, while those things that seemed light were darkened with despair. Connal Morrison’s direction was very clearly influenced by the theories of Peter Brook and the practice of Tyrone Guthrie. While these are no bad influences to be under, one sometimes sensed a cast, and perhaps also a director, straining against the shackles these influences seemed at times to have imposed.

If one was to be censorious of any aspect of this production, it would be the lighting, which at times resembled nothing so awful as a rather bad low - budget science fiction film of the late 1950’s. Otherwise, the achievement remained remarkable, and a fine example of ensemble work. But Bridget Webster deserves particular mention for managing to achieve variety and harmony in an endless sea of grey costumes.

Edinburgh’s Bedlam Theatre p.22

apparently had a cast of 35

Sat 23rd - 50p
Wed 27th - no perf.
Thurs 28 - Charity perf (Children’s Holiday Venture)

Cast and Crew

Team

Actor (Cordelia) Lisa Gornick

Actor (Curan) Simon de Bourcier

Actor (Doctor) Alex Roberts

Actor (Doctor) Alex Roberts

Actor (Duke of Albany) Richard Metcalf

Actor (Duke of Burgandy) Tom Maguire

Actor (Duke of Cornwall) Oliver Shelley

Actor (Earl of Gloucester) Richard Cunliffe

Actor (Earl of Kent) David Campton

Actor (Edgar) Angus MacFadyen

Actor (Edmund) Simon Conway

Actor (Gentleman) Peter Broome

Actor (Goneril) Julia Tedder

Actor (King of France) Stewart Botting

Actor (Knight) David Sims

Actor (Lady) Dania Unknown

Actor (Lady) Sarah Allcock

Actor (Lady) Sandra McKay

Actor (Lady) Natalie Tioutou

Actor (Lady) Eliza Maltsberger

Actor (Lear's Fool) Ross MacFarlane

Actor (Lear) James Eastaway

Actor (Messenger) James Lawson

Actor (Old Man) Jimmy Patterson

Actor (Oswald) James Wallace

Actor (Regan) Lucy Morgan

Actor (Soldier/Courier) Tarik Stait-Gardner

Actor (Soldier/Courier) Simon Startin

Actor (Soldier/Courier) Will Schenck

Actor (Soldier/Courier) Andy Sherwood

Actor (Soldier/Courier) Andrew Davison

Actor (Soldier/Courier) Matthew Holland

Assistant Producer Donald Main

Assistant Stage Manager Emma Blunt

Assistant Stage Manager Rachel Goodison

Assistant Stage Manager Emma Neill

Costume Designer Bridget Webster

Directing Assistant Tom Maguire

Director Conall Morrison

Fight Director David Campton

Lighting David Gray

Make-up Judith Clark

Make-up Carol West

Make-up Grainne Kavanagh

Make-up Alison Berry

Make-up Jenny Audrey

Music Christine Garratt

Photography Ken Smith

Producer Rachel Howard

Set John Morrison

Set Vicky Berry

Set Henry Gibbs

Set Katie Unknown

Stage Manager Vicky Berry

With Assistant Producer Diana Riddell

With Assistant Producer Jackie Ford

With Assistant Producer Clare Wyburn

With Assistant Producer Tania Cheston

With Costume Designer Roz Jones

With Costume Designer Mary Paulson Ellis

With Costume Designer Alene Chisholm

With Lighting Alison Cready

With Lighting Anthony Harwood

With Lighting James Ellis Jones

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