King Lear
Yury Butusov Three Set
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2h 32m
Yury Butusov’s acclaimed staging of King Lear at the Satirikon Theatre (featuring a towering performance by Konstantin Raikin) is an intense, surreal deconstruction of Shakespeare’s tragedy. Far from a traditional period piece, Butusov weaves a chaotic, visually stunning tapestry of madness, betrayal, and generational decay. Utilizing bold symbolism, grotesque imagery, and kinetic energy, the production portrays the collapse of order as a tragic, swirling descent into the void, capturing the agonizing fragmentation of a king and his kingdom.
Presented in Russian w/ English subtitles
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