Old Review of King Lear 1968

If on an afternoon
Of some quite ordinary day,
Perchance, you look for transport
Into another world,
So filled with beauty, passion
And magnificent decay,
Then at the Vivian Beaumont
See the art of the inimitable Bard.
King Lear, the tragic hero
Of an other day,
Finely and sensitively portrayed
By Lee J. Cobb who keeps
The audience in his sway,
Assisted by an excellent
Supporting cast;
For a more elevating presentation
One could not ask.
The moving spirit of this tragedy,
The problems of the old and young,
The love between a parent and his child,
It is a story timeless, powerful and strong,
In it I sensed that spark - divine,
And on this gross earth
Of standard commonality
One memorable afternoon
I touched a world - sublime...

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2006 Alfred Charasz