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Kenneth Tynan at the Observer: Paul Scofield and Peter Brook's King Lear by Kenneth Tynan

In a review of a 'revolutionary' RSC production, first published on 11 November 1962, the former Observer critic feels closer than ever before to a Lear who is as much sinner as sinned againstThe Triumph of Stratford's LearLay him to rest, the royal Lear with whom generations of star actors have made us reverently familiar; the majestic ancient, wronged and maddened by his vicious daughters; the felled giant, beside …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00AM on January 24, 2014

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