Hope Mill theatre, ManchesterCoronation Street's Christine Mackie gives a passionate performance as the raging patriarch in a production that has moments of invention but too little clarity about the power relationships between the characters It is a big deal when King Lear divides his kingdom into three. A big deal too when his favourite daughter, Cordelia, effectively rules herself out of inheriting. Bigger still …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:25AM on June 9, 2023