King Lear

Director Robert Falls and actor Stacy Keach discuss their production of "King Lear," running at STC's Sidney Harman Hall from June 16 to July 19, 2009. One of the most powerful dramas in Western literature, "King Lear" is both an intimate family drama and an explosive political epic. Beginning with a monarch's division of his kingdom amongst his three daughters, "Lear" explores the most basic questions of human existence: love and duty, power and loss, good and evil. Tony Award winner Robert Falls remounts his 2006 production, which captures both the stark violence and devastating passion of Shakespeare's masterpiece. Stacy Keach will play the title role, returning to STC for the first time since "Macbeth" in 1995. When the show premiered at Chicago's Goodman Theatre, The Chicago Tribune raved, "A colossal, eye-popping operatic production," and The New York Times proclaimed it one of the best productions of 2006.

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• king lear
• shakespeare
• robert falls
• stacy keach
• shakespeare theatre company
• goodman theatre
• theater