King Lear

Synopsis: Live sound recording of Deborah Warner’s 1990 production of King Lear for the National Theatre with Brian Cox in the title role.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Audio
Recording date: 1 Aug 1990

History: Opening night 22 June 1990
Reviews: Cox, Brian, The Lear Diaries: The Story of the Royal National Theatre’s Productions of Shakespeare’s Richard III and King Lear (London: Methuen, 1992).

Eve Matheson	Cordelia
Peter Jeffrey	Earl of Gloucester
David Bradley	Fool
Derek Hutchinson	Edgar, later disguised as Tom o’Bedlam
Bruce Purchase	Doctor
Clare Higgins	Regan
Colin Hurley	Gentleman
David Collings	King of France
Hakeem Kae-Kazim	Edmund
Helen Kvale	Messenger
Ian McKellen	Earl of Kent
Mark Strong	1st Servant (Servant)
Mark Strong	Captain
Nicholas Blane	Oswald
Peter Sullivan	Knight
Richard Bremmer	Duke of Albany
Richard O’Callaghan	Duke of Cornwall
Richard Simpson	3rd Servant (Servant)
Richard Simpson	Herald
Sam Beazley	Old Man
Stephen Marchant	2nd Servant (Servant)
Susan Engel	Goneril

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