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And from 1988 to 1990, he was artistic director of the Old Vic, often reviving lesser-known classic drama and staging Jean Racine’s “Andromaque” and Pierre Corneille’s “Liar.”

Would Gold feel truly liberated if, instead of using “King Lear” to impart his vision, he could direct a play about his experience in staging “King Lear”—as in Jacques Rivette’s 1969 film, “L’Amour Fou,” about a director who mounts a production of Racine’s “Andromaque,” starring his actress wife, while their marriage is dissolving?

Performed in French by the same ensemble of actors who were in Racine's Andromaque, this latest production from the respected Cheek By Jowl is directed by Declan Donnellan, who should bring clarity to the chaotic world of the outrageous Ubu.

In our literary knowledge of the world, we intuit that even God is not unimpeachable; far less our beloved Andromaque, Parzifal, Alice, Candide, Bartleby, Gregor Samsa, Alonso Quijano.

He also produced a version of Racine’s Andromaque, an adaptation from Shakespeare’s Henry VI., and an unsuccessful comedy, Justice Busy.