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King Lear - Week 3: "The Unraveling of Lear" - The Rehearsal Room

The Working Actor's Journey

Release Date: 02/25/2025

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🏁 In this session, highlights include:

  • Discussing the importance of props in Shakespearean plays and their role in storytelling
  • Examining the arcs of Lear, Goneril, and Regan as they navigate power struggles
  • Tracing the characters from the beginning of the play, looking at how their relationships evolve and the consequences of their choices

We dive into the scene where Lear and his two daughters quarrel over what how much of an entourage he needs - Act 2, Scene 4.

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😮 THE SCENE

Our group will be working on the following scene:

  • ​Act 2, Scene 4 - Lear quarrels bitterly with her and with Regan

Follow along with the play here.

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🎭 CREATIVE TEAM - with artists in NJ, NY and CA!

More about this group and artist bios: https://workingactorsjourney.com/workshop/king-lear-in-the-rehearsal-room-june-2023

**Originally recorded in June 2023, now released from the archive!

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📚 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

One of our dramaturgs, Dr. Gideon Rappaport, has written three books on Shakespeare:

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