Nearly Lear
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jan 7, 2011
Closed Jan 16, 2011
Opened Jan 7, 2011
Closed Jan 16, 2011
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
What if the great story of King Lear was told by his closest companion? In this one-woman tour de force, actress Susanna Hamnett plays the Fool--and every other character--to tell a very personal and poignant story that borrows from the words of "that guy William Shakespeare." Susanna braves the most savage storm in English literature with breathtaking hilarity and heartache, honoring the beautiful language of Lear while taking a bit of poetic license. Co-created by Susanna and Edith Tankus with initial development in association with Kneehigh Theatre (Brief Encounter; Rapunzel, New Vic 2008), Nearly Lear upends expectations of what a Shakespeare play should be.
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You never forget your first brush with Shakespeare, so in undertaking to introduce young audiences to the tragedy of King Lear, solo performer Susan Hamnett is taking on a huge responsibility by creating Nearly Lear, now at the New Victory Theater.
She bears the burden lightly, reducing the story line to its barest bones (and then some) and approaching the tale as an opportunity for some good-natured neo-vaudeville clowning. Indeed, she and director and co-adaptor Edith Tankus have so drastically reduced the Bard's saga -- jettisoning certain key characters entirely -- that the 70-minute-long result too often unspools like an an especially fraught episode of Desperate Housewives.
Hamnett's[...]