STERIJINO POZORJE FESTIVAL 2009 - Novi Sad, Serbia
- Ulyss'es Theatre, Brijuni, Croatia
KING LEAR / KRALJ LIR
Text by William Shakespeare
Directed by Lenka Udovicki
The idea to set Lear on Little Brijun, an island, on the Fortress, a former Austro-Hungarian fortification structure, during the finale of World War II and the demise of Austria-Hungary, is the intention of the theatric answer to the questions when and where. It is the time when a new map of Europe is being drawn. Out of a dream or madness? What is madness to rulers and what are they to madness, this Lear questions. Madness as a profession (Fool), choice (Lear), suffering (Kent, Edgar) as a shield of an exile, castaway and the search for a hideout, a harbour from the everyday, pragmatic madness of the greedy and the intrigue-prone. What does it mean to run away for cover and turn around before the crumbling behind you? Who will assume the throne after Lear? What is European throne after 1918, where in time is this staging set?
