King Lear: Director: Peter Brook; Royal Shakespeare Company, 1962,

Alan Webb as Earl of Gloucester; Paul Schofield as King Lear; Tom Fleming as Earl of Kent;
"Peter Brook's set is as simple in conception as the production is complex: a pair of enormous white flats and a prevalence of rusty metal props. Some of these are representational such as a chair that settles into the stage like an iron tooth; but they are mostly abstract shapes, suggesting a sculptor's distillation of complex designs. The set is flooded with white light. Taken together lighting and set have the effect of placing the action in an emotional remove, and while this serves to heighten psychological clarity it also works against atmosphere." Irving Wardle, Plays and Players 1.63. Tom Holte : photographer. Rights: Thos. F. and Mig Holte Collection (Copyright Shakespeare Birthplace Trust): courtesy of ahds.rhul.ac.uk; Designing Shakespeare Collection.