A Taste of Shakespeare
King Lear
Cast and Key Production Personnel
| King Lear | David Fox |
| Earl of Kent/Narrator | Geoff Bowes |
| Earl of Gloucester | Gary Reineke |
| Goneril | Philippa Domville |
| Regan | Soo Garay |
| Cordelia | Waneta Storms |
| The Fool | Brian Tree |
| Edmund | Michael McManus |
| Edgar | Steve Cumyn |
| Duke of Cornwall | David Jansen |
| Duke of Albany | Kevin Hicks |
Produced and Directed by
Eric Weinthal
Executive Producer
Ada Craniford
Adaptation and Narration
Eric Weinthal
Production Designer
Cameron Porteous
Director of Photography
David J. Patrick
| Art Director Jayne Couch |
Wardrobe Co-ordinator Tracy Fulton Porteous |
| Assistant Director Michael Burke |
Editor Ralph Brunjes |
| Sound Paul Gosse Margus Jukkum |
Additional Editing Rik Morden |
| Sound Editors Michele Cook Paul Durand |
Re-recording Mixer Lou Solakofski |
| Gaffer Bill Paton |
Second Camera/ Best Boy Electric Matthew Andrews |
| Key Grip Jason F. Kennedy |
Best Boy Grip Rick Kertin |
| Grip Jeff Fowler |
Camera Assistant Kyle De Bouvries |
| Make-Up Barbara Barkey Hilary Joyce |
On Set Wardrobe Paula Moniz |
| Wardrobe Assistant Gwen Pennylegion |
Production Assistants John Thomas Gordon Katz Micah Warry-Smith |
| Art Department Assistant (trainee) Maria Johannah de Groot |
Lightning Effects Tim Faubert |
| Stills Photographer Lisa Silverman |
Craft Services Crave Catering |
Lighting & Grip Equipment P.S. Production Services
On-Line Editing The Post Group, Inc. (Canada)
Post-Production Sound
Tattersall-Casablanca
Cello
Coenraad Bloemendal
Music Engineered by
Rusty McCarthy
Special Thanks
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| Shaw Festival Theatre Stratford Festival Theatre Set Re-Set Toronto Film Studios |
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BRIAN TREE (Shylock in MERCHANT, The Fool in LEAR, Friar Lawrence in ROMEO,
Claudius and Polonius in HAMLET and Theseus in DREAM) has performed in fourteen
seasons at the Stratford Festival, where he has appeared in over forty-five
productions of Shakespeare's plays.
DAVID FOX (Lear in KING LEAR) won the Dora Award for his starring
role in the Governor General's Award-winning play THE DRAWER BOY, was a regular
in television’s ROAD TO AVONLEA and has acted in too many plays to count.
MICHAEL McMANUS (Edmund in LEAR) plays KAI in the sci-fi T.V.
series LEXX and starred in Atom Egoyan's SPEAKING PARTS.
SOO GARAY (Lady Macbeth in MACBETH, Regan in LEAR, Hippolyta in DREAM) played Dr. Davison in PSI FACTOR, guest starred on PUPPETS WHO KILL, THE HUNGER and MUTANT X, starred in HBO's SHOT THROUGH THE HEART and appears in the feature films FOOLPROOF and NOTHING, directed by Vincent Natali.
GARY REINEKE (Gloucester in LEAR) won the Dora Award for his
stage performance in Sam Sheppard's BURIED CHILD and has appeared in dozens
of movies and television shows.
GEOFF BOWES (Narrator/Kent in LEAR) has won the Dora, acted
at Stratford, Shaw and every major theatre in Canada, starred in films and
television.
WANETA STORMS (Cordelia in LEAR) stars in CTV’s THE ELEVENTH
HOUR and won the Dora Award for her performance in the play COYOTE UGLY.
Key Creative Personnel
CAMERON PORTEOUS (Production Design, Costume Design: KING LEAR, MACBETH) was Head of Design at Ontario's Shaw Theatre Festival for 17 years. He has also designed sets and costumes for theatre and opera across Canada, and was Production Designer for all of DevineEntertainment's Artist, Inventor and Composer films, including BEETHOVEN LIVES UPSTAIRS, for which he won an Emmy Award.
DAVID J. PATRICK (Director of Photography: LEAR, MACBETH, DREAM) has been a Copywriter and Technical Producer in radio, an Actor, Stage Manager and Lighting Director in theatre, and a Key Grip and Gaffer for commercials, corporate and rock video and feature film. He has directed and edited and is Director of Photography on dramas and documentaries using everything from super8 to 35mm and lipstick-cam to HighDef. David designs and builds production hardware systems and teaches lighting and cinematography.
ERIC WEINTHAL (series creator) has written dozens of television shows, directed a few and been a story editor. The Toronto International Film Festival hired him to be Screenwriting Mentor to six screenwriters across the country. Eric’s first feature film as a writer/director played at film festivals, theatrically and on television. He was commissioned to write a book and a television series. Eric sings, writes music and acts, and is writing a play and a musical.
ADA CRANIFORD (series creator) holds a Ph.D in Renaissance Studies and wrote her doctoral thesis on Biblical allusions in Shakespeare's comedies. She has taught English and Drama at universities and high schools. She has just published a book entitled “Mordecai Richler: A Life in Ten Novels”.
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