Mabou Mines Lear 87 Archive Condensed (2001)

Jill Godmilows sixhour archive of The Mabou Mines ensembles controversial 1990 genderreversed production of William Shakespeares King Lear documents the first twoweek workshop on the play at the Theatrical Outfit in Atlanta Director Lee Breuer and the cast are seen working on transposing the play to 1950s America in this intimate record of a master class in avantgarde performance work Taken from over 100 hours of material this condensed archive comes with a 32page handbook with guides for tracking the production