A tragicomic fresco about the disintegration of the world as we know it.
King Lear is considered Shakespeare's "most tragic" play, yet its plot suspiciously resembles the fairy tale "Salt Over Gold." A fairy tale and a portrait of destruction at the same time—Shakespeare does not shy away from wild, mad juxtapositions. Lear is a play where a fool leads the blind, where everything turns into its opposite, where the old dies and the new has yet to be born. Lear relinquishes his power to simply enjoy life—only to be driven to madness and enlightenment by that very power. Surprisingly, amidst all this tragedy, there is also much humor and many witty situations, which plays into the hands of director Michal Hába, who enjoys tackling serious matters with humor and vice versa. Disintegration. Humor. Death. And always Shakespeare.
Director Michal Hába is one of the most original Czech directors. For his return to Klicpera Theatre, after the cult classic The Miser and the recent "cool" Maryša, he has chosen another classic. Once again, you can look forward to a European-style drama that isn’t afraid to use humor befitting Hradec. Contemporary theater about the contemporary world—“Now you know.”
