ASP’s Stripped Down ‘King Lear’ Yields Mixed Results

(Actors Shakespeare Project’s ‘King Lear’ Robert Walsh, Lear and Lydia Barnett-Mulligan, Regan. PHOTO CREDIT MAGGIE HALL)

‘King Lear’ – Written by William Shakespeare; Directed by Doug Lockwood. Scenic Design by Jon Savage; Lighting Design by Jeff Adelberg; Costume Design by Jesicca Pribble; Sound Design by David Reiffel. Presented by Actors’ Shakespeare Project at Chelsea Theatre Works, 189 Winnisimmet St, Chelsea, MA through October 27, 2019.

by Julie-Anne Whitney

Actors’ Shakespeare Project opens their 16th Season with a mystifying “near-future” production of King Lear at the Chelsea Theatre Works. The intimate black box theater in downtown Chelsea was the perfect space to stage this dark, ominous Shakespearean tragedy. 

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