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EPISODE · Feb 25, 2025 · 2H 14M

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

from The Working Actor's Journey · host Nathan Agin

🏁 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. --- 🛑 SUBSCRIBE to get notified of our next rehearsal session! 🤗 BECOME A PATRON of The Rehearsal Room on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wajpodcast  Get early access to sessions (before they go public on YouTube and the podcast), priority with asking questions, and more! 🙏 THANK YOU to our patrons at the Co-Star level and higher: Ivar, Joan, Michele, Jim, Magdalen, Claudia, Clif and Jeff! ----- 😮 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. --- 🎭 CREATIVE TEAM - with artists in NJ, NY and CA! DIRECTOR: Annie Occhiogrosso (listen to our podcast conversation with Annie and Randall) LEAR: Randall Duk Kim GONERIL: Jeanne Sakata (podcast episode) REGAN: Lizzie King-Hall CORNWALL: Thomas Farber 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! ----- 📚 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: One of our dramaturgs, Dr. Gideon Rappaport, has written three books on Shakespeare: Appreciating Shakespeare: https://amzn.to/3XjY6Pe Shakespeare's Rhetorical Figures: An Outline: https://amzn.to/3KEzyZK William Shakespeare's Hamlet: Edited and Annotated: https://amzn.to/3xdt012 --- Get your copy of "Keys the Pro's Use to Unlock Any Script" - plus two other free guides of acting and career advice! See additional content on Instagram and YouTube. --- The WAJ podcast is designed to show you HOW the work is done, WHAT the realities of the working actor life are like, and to share all the different ways actors have come to this career. There is no one path and no single answer. We want to learn from all of those further down the road, to shorten the learning curve and to discover what helps and what doesn't when it comes to having a lifelong career as an actor.   #workingactor #rehearsal #shakespeare #textwork #kinglear #king #englishhistory #englishplaywright #britishhistory #acting #actor #director #firstfolio

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