Shakespeare on Scilly: Exploring Lear’s Storm
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- In this reimagining, the tragic ending is softened when the king's Fool tells the audience to challenge leaders if they do not approve of what they are doing.
he RSC is staging King Lear four times in the St Mary’s school hall. Photograph: jonny Weeks/The guardian
In this reimagining, the tragic ending is softened when the king’s Fool tells the audience to challenge leaders if they do not approve of what they are doing. Asked to shout out what they could do to make things better,Hattie,11,called: “Work as a team.” Later she said she had liked the play, though found the blinding of Gloucester scary.
Jeremy Brown, the creative director for Culture on Scilly, was emotional at the final curtain. “To bring this quality of work to this little corner of the world is unreal and, I t