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Imre Csiszar's Marxist interpretation of the play communicates the sabotaging of power structures through set design, costuming and characterisation. The play was a modern parable about the dangers of industrial greed and need for absolute power, with the setting being a microcosm of 1980s Europe. The play was staged as a reflection of contemporary proletarian issues within society and was fiercely relevant. By playing the production in a large industrial town in Northern Hungary, Csiszar's vision was received with familiarity by the audience who could relate to the play and its reflective qualities. The set of a decaying factory satisfied modern agendas as it focused on the proletarian society, conveying how Lear' s possession of power lead to corruption as he felt he could divide his industrial power. The stage was stripped of all natural elements, even human emotion, to form a bleak and barren vision of negation. The setting caused the responder to realise the consequences of the corruption and abdication of power, as Lear falls from an industrial despot to an industrial outcast. His absolute attainment of power was potently communicated through the utilisation of a microphone as he spoke of dividing his power between his daughters. In this scene, Lear's tone and language is formal, with the use of poetic language and verse emphasising his power, "Meanwhile we shall express our darker purpose-. As contrasted to the latter part of the play, where Lear endures the strength of the storm as a consequence of his abandonment of power. Lear has given away his position of power, but still hangs onto the symbols of power, such as the company of knights. In the storm and at the hovel, he throws off his clothes, symbolically the last remnants of power, so he will be like the "poor naked wretches- with whom he is now empathising. Csiszar represents this loss of power and Lear's transformation by revealing how direct contact with the inhumanity of ruling class makes Lear question the validity of property, distribution of wealth and social inequality:.
