Opening scene, set designed by Gino Gonzales |
PETA president CB Garrucho flanked by Gino Gonzales and Nonon Padilla |
The director Nonon Padilla followed the Shakespearean casting of all males with the female roles played by male actors. He said that he asked the actors - Nor Domingo (who played the eldest daughter Goneril), Gary Lim (Regan) and Abner Delina (Cordelia) - to shave their heads "to give it a strange post-nuclear feel to it. It's almost if everyone is suffering from radiation.. everyone is physically deteriorating."
The production's risqué approach was deliberate. In an interview (RPN, Feb 7) , Padilla said "we wanted to make it very strange. I wanted to emphasize that this is a tale about a King who splits up his kingdom and give away his properties to his children. And in so doing, instead of reaping the rewards of retirement.. he actually gets a comeuppance by his children who behaves crazier than he does."
The cast of Haring Lear:
Theater stalwart Teroy de Guzman gets drenched onstage |
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