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From that moment, we live for them. They carry the legacy of our choices into their futures for good and for bad. We nurture them in the hopes that they will one day thrive and perhaps care for us as we age. Adults are too often left to fend for themselves in their old age, abused by our collective fear of death. Our children should be that compassionate, loving face we look to for comfort and to ease our fears. When they are not, it is catastrophic.  \nOur production of King Lear focuses on the personal aspects of the parallel story lines. Both Lear and Gloucester misread their  \nchildren. In Gloucester’s case he is so blinded by rage at the thought of his beloved Edgar’s betrayal that he doesn’t even recognize him when disguised as the mad“Poor Tom”. It is only after his literal blinding that he is able to see the truth.  \nKing Lear is driven out into the cold and descends into madness due to the“monster ingratitude” of his eldest daughters. The question to consider is how much of this ingratitude is Lear reaping what he has sown. He starts the play as the head of a great empire. His tyranny is on full display when he banishes both Kent and his beloved Cordelia for their perceived assault on his authority. Lear’s rightful place is to be King and cherished by his daughters. When Cordelia can’t satisfy Lear’s need for praise; the storm of madness begins. The storm reaches its apex when his eldest daughters abandon him. It is only after Lear loses everything that he is able to learn that love between parent and child is not expressed by heaping praise but by ultimate sacrifice. The story while tragic is ultimately a story of redemption and the triumph of love over greed and pride. Lear reconnects with his beloved Cordelia and dies with her cradled in his arms, as he must have held her so many times in her childhood.  \nRick Malone, Designer  \nRegardless of the period of the play and the playwright, the sound design should support the text and the director’s concept. That said, if the director sets the play in the American 1930’s, the sound design should be consistent with that time period, both in effects and music. In general, Shakespeare’s plays give the sound designer a great latitude except when the effect is specifically referenced in the text. I recall designing the“Scottish Play” and it was set in a non-specific time and the sky was the limit with the sound.  \nIn Lear, we want to highlight the stress and misery that Lear experiences and some of that will be done  \nwith sound. Sound will be used to highlight character and to advance the plot.  \nSet Design  \nMary Evans, Designer  \nThe theatrical set is a selective, chosen world imagined by a designer and crafted by a builder in which action and reaction take place, small and large ideas and emotions are fleshed out and viewers are transported to a different location, time and social code for the duration of the play. When designing for a demanding play like \"Lear,\" which shifts from one place to another very quickly over and over, theset must be a chameleon; it must be able to shape-shift as the play progresses  \nthrough light changes and set/actor interaction. It needs to be simple and nonspecific, but still offer the director a wealth of acting areas and choices for blocking movement in order to successfully illustrate relationships between characters and between characters and their environment. The relationship between Lear and his surroundings change from one of reckless domination of the natural world, to one of fear and madness and, eventually, heartbreaking grief and compassion. He begins by embodying the set in its grandeur: a cold, monolithic,","cbCaisqUr5FI9HWI","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisqUr5FI9HWI","pdf",1335202,"English","# Statement from the Director\n# Sound Design\n# Set Design\n# Costume Design\n# Interview with a King\n## On Acting\n## Connections to Shakespeare","[{\"question\":\"How does the production frame the parallel stories of Lear and Gloucester?\",\"answer\":\"It emphasizes that both Lear and Gloucester misread their children. 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