King Lear review " two Lears acting up a storm
Royal & Derngate, Northampton; Royal Exchange, ManchesterMichael Pennington's powerful performance isn't helped by the period trappings, but Don Warrington's flummoxed king is a Lear to savourRail chaos outside Birmingham. A quarter of an hour late to the Royal & Derngate. Infuriating! But there is a compensation " the shock of the familiar. Walking from light into darkness, the brightness of the stage surpri…