Jack Lear (2008)

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Ben Benison
Yes

Stephen Joseph Theatre
The Round
Round

16 October 2008
21 October 2008
8 November 2008
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Fight Director:
Barrie Rutter
Jan Bee Brown
Paul Stear
Mike Waterson
Kate Waters
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Character
Jack
Morgana
Freda
Victoria
Edmund
Andy Hall
Lisa Mellor
Rowena Rickson

Actor
Barrie Rutter
Wendy Albiston
Becky Hindley
Rachel Jane Allen
Andy Cryer

Why is this play significant?

The acting debut of Barrie Rutter with the Scarborough company in an acclaimed adaption of King Lear by Ben Benison, making his writing debut with the Stephen Joseph Theatre.

Notes

○ Jack Lear was a loose adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear transposed to a fishing community with the dialogue in verse.
○ The play was directed by and starred Barrie Rutter, making his debut with the Stephen Joseph Theatre company. At the time, he was the Artistic Director of the Northern Broadsides which frequently toured to the SJT.
All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd. Image copyright of Tony Bartholomew.