Andrea Jimenez's 'Casting Lear' at Théâtre des Abbesses, Paris

At the Théâtre des Abbesses in Paris, Spanish actress and director Andrea Jimenez stages « Casting Lear », a production in which a different actor is invited onto the stage each evening. The guest performer must allow himself to be guided in order to become the intractable King Lear, suddenly reduced to a simple puppet acting at the will of Cordelia, his child. The piece places the daughters in the position of directing the fathers, inverting the usual dynamic of Shakespeare's tragedy. Performances take place nightly, with the identity of the actor playing Lear changing from one evening to the next. The production is presented as a formidable theatrical event in the French capital.