![[Photo from King Lear]](images/lear.gif)
King Lear
William Shakespeare
May 1993
UMBC Theatre, Baltimore, Maryland
"The May 1993 production of King Lear can be viewed as the second
panel of a diptych that came into being last season when Mehta's Marat/Sade
was coincidentally presented at the very time of the unchecked rioting in
South Central L.A. Those of us who had the good fortune of seeing both
shows realize once again that great theatre forces us to see what we do
not always wish to look at, puts us in touch with a wider and deeper
reality. These are artistic experiences capable of transforming
individuals and the collective audience....For anyone who respects and
loves theatre, a trip to Baltimore is as much a necessity as flying to
Milan for the Piccolo Theatro or Paris for Le Théâtre du
Soliel."
--TheaterWeek
Photo credit: Clarence A. Carvell
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