Interpreting Lear...

Late last year (Nov 2 to Dec 11, 2005), the award-winning Classic Stage Company staged William Shakespeare's Hamlet with Michael Cumpsty in the starring role. During that same period of time, CSC also highlighted plays that contributed to the "Revenge Tragedies of the Elizabethan Age": Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy, John Marston's Antonio's Revenge and Phillip Messinger's The Roman Actor. This spring, the company's promotion of Elizabethan plays and Shakespeare's genius continues with "Monday Night Lear", in which King Lear will be presented in four evenings via the interpretations of four distinct actors. The first performance is April 17 (NY, NY).