Lear
European Tour of Lear and Much Ado About Nothing. Venues:
30 March-5 April: Theatre des Champs Elysees, Paris, France ( Much Ado);
29 March-5 April, Theatre de la Bastille, Paris, France (Lear)
8–11 April: Schiller Theatre, Berlin, Germany (Much Ado);
8–11 April, Theater Manufaktur, Berlin, Germany (Lear)
14–16 April: Burgtheater, Vienna, Austria (Much Ado);
14–17 April, Schauspielhaus, Vienna, Austria (Lear);
20–22 April: Divaldo na Vinohradech, Prague, Czechoslovakia (Much Ado);
20–22 April, Alabamahalle, Munich, Germany (Lear);
26–29 April: Teatre Tivoli, Barcelona, Spain (Much Ado);
25–27 April, Malerzaal, Hamburg, Germany (Lear).
Cast & Crew
Cast
Adjutant | Robert Clare |
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Bodice | Penelope Beaumont |
Carpenter | John Bowe |
Clerk; Lewis; Worker | Robert Clare |
Commandant | David Glover |
Dead Worker | Mark Rylance |
Duke of Cornwall | Ian Talbot |
Duke of North | David Glover |
Engineer; Prisoner 2 | Niall Padden |
Execution soldier | Phillip Walsh |
Farmer’s son; Strange | Tom Mannion |
Farmer’s Wife | Brenda Peters |
Farmer;Rebel soldier | Raymond Bowers |
Firing Squad Officer | David Bradley |
Firing Squad Officer | Tom Mannion |
Fontanelle | Jenifer Landor |
Foreman; Bishop; Spy | Raymond Bowers |
Gravedigger’s Boy | Mark Rylance |
Gravedigger’s wife | Katy Behean |
Judge | David Bradley |
Lear | Bob Peck |
Officer; Rebel | David Glover |
Old Councillor | Dennis Clinton |
Old Orderley | Dennis Clinton |
Old Sailor; Worker | Raymond Bowers |
Prisoner 1 | Phillip Walsh |
Prisoner 3 | Chris Hunter |
Prisoner 4; Stranger | David Bradley |
Rebel Soldier | Brenda Peters |
Small Man; Rebel | Ian Talbot |
Soldier | John Tramper |
Soldier A,H,R,J | Pete Postlethwaite |
Soldier B,E,L | Tom Mannion |
Soldier C,I, Q | Phillip Walsh |
Soldier D,N,P | Robert Clare |
Soldier F,G; John | Niall Padden |
Soldier K,O | Ian Talbot |
Spy; Sergeant | Pete Postlethwaite |
Stranger | Raymond Bowers |
Stranger | Brenda Peters |
Susan; Rebel Soldier | Lesley Sharp |
Warrington | Paul Webster |
Workman 1 | John Bowe |
Workman 2;Ben; Pete | John Tramper |
Workman 3; Thomas | Chris Hunter |
Workman 4; Usher | Phillip Walsh |
Wounded Rebel | Chris Hunter |
Crew | |
Designer | Kit Surrey |
Director | Barry Kyle |
Light Designer | Leo Leibovici |
Music by | Ilona Sekacz |
Playwright | Edward Bond |
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