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Redtwist's King Lear creates a tempest-torn world in an intimate setting

by Albert Williams

Steve Scott's bare-bones production is storefront Shakespeare at its best. William Shakespeare's 1606 tragedy is often regarded as the Mount Everest of English drama, a towering peak of theatrical poetry whose awesome reputation both intimidates and inspires. But the great strength of Steve Scott's intimate, bare-bones, modern-dress staging of the play is its emotional humility.…

SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 7:00am on July 10, 2019