King Lear - Burgtheater Vienna

A production of Schauspiel Köln
Duration and breaks: 3 hours 45 minutes - 1 break
New adaptation and arrangement for six people
Based on the translation by Count Baudissin of Arnt Knieriem

King Lear abdicates and decides to divide his kingdom among his three daughters. In return, he demands that they declare their love for him, which his youngest daughter Cordelia refuses to do—unlike Goneril and Regan. She is banished and disinherited by the enraged King Lear. The other two sisters, having received their inheritance, then turn against their father. Betrayed and humiliated, Lear struggles against his downfall and descends into madness. Intrigues among the sons in the family of the royal advisor, Count Gloucester, also lead to an abyss.

Rafael Sanchez directs Shakespeare's tragedy about the conflictual nature of power and one who cannot let it go.

Director: Rafael Sanchez
Set design: Simeon Meier
Costumes: Ursula Leuenberger
Composition and musical arrangement: Pablo Giw
Video design: Nazgol Emami
Lighting: Michael Frank
Dramaturgy: Stawrula Panagiotaki, Jeroen Versteele

Cast:
Martin Reinke - Lear
Katharina Schmalenberg - Cordelia / Fool / Edgar
Sylvie Rohrer - Goneril
Lilith Häßle - Regan
Seán McDonagh - Earl of Kent / Edmund
Bruno Cathomas - Earl of Gloucester / Duke of Albany