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Barrie Kosky’s production of King Lear is a good example of how Meyerhold’s theories and teachings can be, and have been, put to use in modern theatre.
Several significant elements of Kosky’s King Lear have clearly been influenced by Meyerhold’s methods and ideas. ... This alteration of text for the director’s purposes is a technique that Meyerhold used frequently to great effect – he would add lines that made the play more self-reflexive, and put the audience in the position where they were forced to contemplate the deeper significance of what they were seeing on stage – in the same way Kosky establishes a serious study of artifice within the play.
Costume is a very significant aspect of Kosky’s King Lear. ... Plate sin with
gold”
Kosky dresses the “honest” characters in homely, plain clothing, and other characters in highly stylised costumes, Kabuki-style painted faces, furs and jewellery to symbolise that artifice and disguise are the only ways to survive in Lear’s realm; and to be bare to the world is to be exposed to the elements of intrinsic evil.
Approximate Word count = 755
Approximate Pages = 3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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