Great Performances » characters http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf The best in the performing arts from across America. Thu, 24 May 2012 15:16:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 King Lear: Background on King Lear: King Leir the Play: Dramatis Personae http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/king-lear/background-on-king-lear/king-leir-the-play/dramatis-personae/715/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/king-lear/background-on-king-lear/king-leir-the-play/dramatis-personae/715/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 19:15:02 +0000 kim maxwell http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/?p=715 DRAMATIS PERSONAE

Leir, King of Britain.
Gonorill, daughter of King Leir, later wife of the King of Cornwall.
Ragan, daughter of King Leir, later wife of the King of Cambria.
Cordella, daughter of King Leir, later wife of the King of Gallia.

Cornwall, King of
Cambria, King of

Skalliger, a nobleman, follower of King Leir.
Perillus, a nobleman, follower of King Leir.

King of Gaul
Mumford, follower of the King of Gallia.

Ambassador, from Gaul.
Servant, of the King of Cornwall.
Servant, of the King of Cambria.
Two Mariners.
Captain of the Watch.
Two Watchmen.
Two Captains.

Noblemen, Messengers, Messenger [Murderer], Citizens

]]> http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/king-lear/background-on-king-lear/king-leir-the-play/dramatis-personae/715/feed/ 0 King Lear: Interview with Sir Ian McKellen on playing King Lear http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/king-lear/interview-with-sir-ian-mckellen-on-playing-king-lear/614/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/king-lear/interview-with-sir-ian-mckellen-on-playing-king-lear/614/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:23:34 +0000 colin fitzpatrick http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/?p=614 Sir Ian McKellen discusses how Trevor Nunn’s set design seeks to preserve the original intention of Shakespeare, performing Shakespeare for the camera, the task of performing King Lear’s transformation from King into madman, the significance of Lear’s relationship with the gods, and how playing Lear, the “Everest” of Shakespeare, often is considered the summation of an actor’s career.


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