King Lear

King Lear is an exquisitely dark tale about a family squabble that grows out of all proportion, blowing up into a storm of deadly force. 

This fresh and fast-paced adaptation of Shakespeare’s text – pared down to its bare essentials – tells a shocking, yet tender, story of ageing and madness, fuelled by ambition and fired by betrayal. 

Shakespeare loved to weave theatrical magic out of tragedy in a way that is never far from farce, making King Lear ripe for Miracle’s unique treatment!

Miracle’s previous Shakespeare adaptations (Hamlet, Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo & Juliet and The Tempest) have all been hugely popular with Cornwall’s summer audiences.

“These days we expect an economy in story-telling,” says director Bill Scott, “which would have been disappointing to Elizabethan audiences, who liked to while away a long afternoon at the theatre. We want Miracle’s adaptation of King Lear to be fast-paced, enthralling, thought-provoking entertainment, embedded in glorious locations the length and breadth of Cornwall and enjoyed by grown-ups of all ages and their fearless children!”