Twelve years ago, when Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory staged King Lear as its inaugural production, Andrew Hilton's direction was much lauded for its unflashy focus on Shakespeare's language; a textual commitment on which he has since built a sterling reputation. Yet, in this new, bare-staged and reverent production of Lear, one is forced to question [...]
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:19AM on February 17, 2012