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Simon Godwin Goes For The Groundlings In An Oddly Funny Take On A Tragedy

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Trey Graham
Mar 06, 2023
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Patrick Page, left, and Michael Milligan in Simon Godwin’s production of King Lear at the Shakespeare Theatre Company. Photo: DJ Corey Photography
King Lear
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Simon Godwin
At the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Klein Theatre through April 8 

As an alt-weekly theater critic back in the day, I was rarely in the business of bo…

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