Ian McDiarmid stars in Sheffield Crucible's 'King Lear' production
The 82-year-old actor leads a staging directed by Titus Halder that explores themes of nothingness and existential uncertainty.
Ian McDiarmid, 82, performs the title role in a production at Sheffield's Crucible theatre that interprets the play through a lens of existential darkness, according to a review in The Guardian. The staging, directed by Titus Halder, emphasizes the word "nothing," which appears 30 times throughout Shakespeare's text, with a design by Richard Kent that evokes a nuclear aftermath.
The reviewer notes McDiarmid's age-appropriate casting as the aging king and describes the production as exploring themes of terminal uncertainty, with characters addressing prayers to the gods while questioning whether anything awaits them.
Sources
- King Lear review – Ian McDiarmid is a titanic, heartbreaking wonder — The Guardian — Culture
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