The Cordelia dream
By: Marina Carr
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Description: Haunted by her dream of Cordelia and Lear, a woman confronts an elderly man, her lifelong antagonist and rival. During their passionate altercation he dismisses her success as a composer and demands she make the ultimate sacrifice: for him to flourish she, his protégée, must be silent. Five years later, she returns for a final and devastating encounter. 'The Cordelia Dream' premiered in December 2008 at Wilton's Music Hall, London, in a production by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Notes: Originally published: in print in Plays two. London: Faber, 2009.