YEAR OF SHAKESPEARE: King Lear, in 80 minutes: Konzert Theater Bern (director: Lisa Nielebock, stage design: Sascha Gross, translation [or rather adaptation]: Werner Buhss). Konzert Theater Bern presents a Lear that probably rates an entry in the Guinness book of records for brevity (if we disregard the Lear sequence in The Complete Shakespeare [abridged]): The […]