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I spent a lot of last week in the Nuffield Theatre for the Maskers production of King Lear. I was board op, and as such got to see the play quite a few times! I enjoyed it. More importantly, for a play which I didn’t get told what to think, especially Shakespeare, I understood and followed what was going on. The acting was good, with a number of really good performances which really brought the play to life, though I think I misunderstood the relative importance of the various characters because of it for the first couple of performances. Something to watch out for next time I watch a play!

I’m just back from the ‘crit’ which was, I think, pretty positive. It brought out a lot of depth and complexity in the play which I had missed, and that in other productions might have been more obvious. Personally, I’d return to the fact that it was a very clear production which I felt was very approachable which I prefer (on the balance). Hopefully I’ll have a chance to think over the depth a bit in the coming days and weeks.