Queen Goneril

Lear’s daughter in a man’s world.

Set seven years before King Lear, Queen Goneril finds Lear's three daughters trying to find their voices while fighting a patriarchal system at odds with their aspirations. In Goneril we find a natural born leader. In Regan a boundary pusher, and in Cordelia a reluctant peacekeeper. How can they find their voices when no one is listening? Queen Goneril brings the background into focus, and a previously deafening silence to an irresistible crescendo.

World Premiere

This production is running in repertory with King Lear.

Queen Goneril Content Warnings

Delicious plot twists
- The Globe and Mail

It is intense theatre enriched by a stunning production directed expertly by Weyni Mengesha
- The Hamilton Spectator

Exhilarating, inspiring and crushing
- SesayArts Magazine

Majestic, passionate production
- Istvan Dugalin

Filled with a biting humour and even bitterer truths
- My Gay Toronto

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Queen Goneril

This production is running in repertory with King Lear.

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