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A Tragically Untragic Lear

Sam Hurwitt

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Actors Ensemble and Inferno Theatre’s Lear is visually appealing but lacks impact. Read my review in the San Jose Mercury News.

Melissa Clason as Goneril, Michael Needham as King Lear, and Christina Shonkwiler as Regan in King Lear. Photo by Vicki Victoria.
Melissa Clason as Goneril, Michael Needham as King Lear, and Christina Shonkwiler as Regan in King Lear. Photo by Vicki Victoria.

Review: ‘King Lear’ lacks tragic oomph

King Lear
Through September 7
Actors Ensemble of Berkeley and Inferno Theatre
John Hinkel Park
41 Somerset Place
Berkeley, CA
www.aeofberkeley.org

Show #76 of 2015, attended August 22.

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