King Lear's Chariot is a Big Black Jag

The audience hears the engine revving off stage. King Lear, an immediately modern interpretation of Bill Shakespeare's masterpiece, stars Frank Gallacher as the British king and the chariot of choice is a big, black Jaguar S-TYPE V8.

The Jaguar saloon darts from stage left and stops abruptly at centre stage. Its V8 engine returns to a quiet idle as the audience settles back in time with the dialog. The King's bodyguard chauffer does indeed drive a Jaguar, and he drives it hard.
Presented by the Melbourne Theatre Company, King Lear opened July 6.