CMU School of Drama


Monday, July 27, 2020

Review: In SF Shakes' 'King Lear,' the actors can't see each other, but you can

Datebook: In the era of Zoom theater, we stalwart theatergoers have adapted to seeing actors separated into a bunch of tiny windows, a la “The Brady Bunch.” When performers simulate physical interaction, or even just eye contact, we must imagine the space between them. We must also conjure a place for ourselves, translating our point of view from the no-man’s-land between two performers’ cameras to the rows of a theater.

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