Solo Performance · Shakespeare

Lear’s Shadow
Devised and performed by Colin Hurley

“It’s Shakespeare, Jim, but not as we know it.”

At the end of Shakespeare’s play, Lear dies.

His last words are “Look, there.” His faithful follower and protector, Kent, wishes him a speedy release. “Break heart”, he urges.

What I’m wondering is: what happens then?

Come on, we all wonder that, sometimes, don’t we? What happens after you die?

Well, that’s where this show starts…