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A 'Lear' Stripped Down to Human Scale, THE MOSCOW TIMES

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From: The Moscow Times (Russia)
Date: 20031114
Author:John Freedman

John Freedman
The Moscow Times (Russia)
11-14-2003
Sukhanov's whimsical Lear (lower right) is no match for his scheming
daughters, Regan (Yesipenko, center) and Goneril (Rutberg, right).
Vladimir Mirzoyev's production of William Shakespeare's "King Lear" at
the Vakhtangov Theater marks a turning point in this popular director's
career.
For one thing, it was the last work he undertook before signing on as
the artistic director of the Stanislavsky Theater, a house with a troubled
reputation that will require his undivided attention if he is to shape
things up. But on a deeper level, this "Lear" is ...

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