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Ohio Shakespeare Festival's 'Lear' is an epic hit at Stan Hywet!
Audiences are raving about Ohio Shakespeare Festival's epic production of "King Lear"---only two more weekends to see this rarely performed tragic masterpiece under the stars at Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens!
"...with summer entering its final weeks, there is certainly no better place to view Will's works than at Ohio Shakespeare Festival's Stan Hywet Hall outdoor venue. With a stage framed by towering trees and bullfrogs adding their basso commentary from the nearby lagoon, it's a little slice of theater heaven." -Christine Howey, Cleveland Scene
"In Ohio Shakespeare Festival's King Lear, Terry Burgler doesn't so much play the role of Lear; he thoroughly inhabits it...Burgler's emotionally nuanced characterization brings us well beyond Lear's quick anger and old-age peevishness. He brings to life this king's mental frailty, great sense of loss and blinding remorse." -Kerry Clawson, Akron Beacon Journal
"This is an excellent production, in part, because the script and Burgler were able to attract some of the best actors in this area of the state...Eric Lualdi, as Edmund, is the ideal villain...Robert Hawkes is heart-breakingly good as the Earl of Gloucester. When he and Andrew Cruse, as his son Edgar, play the scene after Gloucester is blinded, the production becomes pure magic....This is a first-rate production of “King Lear” for one simple reason. The large cast works together to make the story accessible to the audience." -David Ritchey, West Side Leader
"There are fine performances in this strong company that make many aspects of this Lear leap to life. Eric Lualdi makes Edmund's evil a natural force of his personality, resulting in an even more chilling portrayal. And Andrew Cruse is believable as the naive Edgar, even when he's slathering himself with mud and acting like an idiot. ... As the two nasty sisters, Holly Humes (Goneril) and Dede Klein (Regan) simmer and snap with appropriate venom as they trash their fragile father. Tess Burgler portrays Cordelia with staunch moral certainty, and her eventual reconciliation with Lear is touching....there is much to admire in this Lear." -Christine Howey, Cleveland Scene
"The bodies pile up by the play's end, which is to be expected in Shakespearean tragedy. But the scenes of great tenderness are what audiences are likely to remember most." -Kerry Clawson, Akron Beacon Journal
