The worst returns to laughter

This weekend we put up King Lear for the annual Shakespeare play. I only worked on costumes---normally I would involve myself much more in a production, but I wrote my senior essay on this play and didn’t want my interpretation to clash with the director or my enjoyment of the show. It was staged outside for the first two nights and indoors for the matinee. I was very pleased with the show, especially with the amount of effects we managed to put in. Our theatre group is entirely student-run, and we have a very small budget, no particular performance space and few resources. Nonetheless, they did an excellent job at portraying the violence that is at the heart of this tragedy. We even had goat eyes for the eye-gouging scene! That was a pleasant surprise. Our King Lear was a tutor, as no one our age could do justice to this role. It was an excellent production to finish my time with the theatre group, and I am very proud of everyone who participated.

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