Three years after playing Orsino, Duke of Illyria, in
Twelfth Night
under the direction of Thomas Ostermeier, the actor dresses up as a key character in Shakespearean theatre, King Lear.
The 59-year-old member, who finds the German director with obvious pleasure, evokes with passion this role of an 80-year-old man inhabited by madness.
LE FIGARO.
-
King Lear
enters the repertoire of the French.
Who is the clever instigator?
Denis PODALYDES
.
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King Lear
is an idea that Thomas Ostermeier had for a long time and I have the impression that it was refined over the rehearsals of Twelfth
Night or Whatever You Want
, that he staged there in 2018. I remember that he had said spontaneously - I was then on stage with Stéphane Varupenne who was playing the Fool (he also plays the Fool in
Lear
, Editor's note):
"It looks like Lear and his bishop.
I also remember that one evening, on the sidewalk, Thomas asked me if I wouldn't mind playing...
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