The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 24.0165 Thursday, 11 April 2013
From: Tom Reedy <
Date: April 10, 2013 6:21:20 PM EDT
Subject: Re: SHAKSPER: Global Shakespeares
Terence Hawkes <
>A Chinese opera King Lear in which one actor plays Lear and
>his daughters.
>
> This is obviously a joke. The information was dated April 1st
>and the tears still run unchecked from my eyes.
Most likely, but unfortunately I saw just such a production a few years ago. Or I should say I saw it until the intermission.
Tom Reedy
[Editor’s Note: No, not a joke. This is the joint project out of MIT with Peter Donaldson and Alex Huang: http://globalshakespeares.mit.edu/# -Hardy]