King Lear
Press night of 3 April cancelled because of injury to Frances Barber.
Part of 2006–2007 Complete Works Festival. Followed by International Tour in 2007, with The Seagull, then both productions play at the New London Theatre. (48 performances)
First venue on International Tour in 2007 , with The Seagull
Cast & Crew
Cast
| Captain | Peter Hinton |
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| Cordelia | Romola Garai |
| Curan | Seymour Matthews |
| Doctor | Russell Byrne |
| Duke of Albany | Julian Harries |
| Duke of Burgundy | Peter Hinton |
| Duke of Cornwall | Guy Williams |
| Earl of Gloucester | William Gaunt |
| Earl of Kent | Jonathan Hyde |
| Edgar | Ben Meyjes |
| Edmund | Philip Winchester |
| Gentleman | David Weston |
| Gloucester Servant 1 | Russell Byrne |
| Gloucester Servant 2 | Melanie Jessop |
| Goneril | Frances Barber |
| King Lear | Ian McKellen |
| King of France | Ben Addis |
| Knight | Adam Booth |
| Knight | Richard Goulding |
| Lady in Waiting | Zoe Boyle |
| Lear’s Fool | Sylvester McCoy |
| Maid | Naomi Capron |
| Messenger | Richard Goulding |
| Oswald | John Heffernan |
| Regan | Monica Dolan |
| Servant | Adam Booth |
| Soldier | Gerald Kyd |
Crew | |
| Assistant Director | Gemma Fairlie |
| Assistant Stage Manager | Harry Niland |
| Associate Designer | Morgan Large |
| Casting | Sam Jones |
| Clarinet/Saxophone | Tim Holmes |
| Company Manager | Richard Clayton |
| Company Voice Work | Lyn Darnley |
| Costume Supervisor | Stephanie Arditti |
| Deputy Stage Manager | Klare Roger |
| Designer | Christopher Oram |
| Dialect Coach | Penny Dyer |
| Director | Trevor Nunn |
| Fight Arranger | Malcolm Ranson |
| Keyboard/Violin/Accordion/Music Director | Jeff Moore |
| Light Designer | Neil Austin |
| Music by | Steven Edis |
| Percussion/Keyboard | Tommy Foster |
| Playwright | William Shakespeare |
| Production Manager | Simon Ash |
| Sound Designer | Fergus O’Hare |
| Stage Manager | Ben Delfont |
| Trumpet/Flugelhorn/Keyboard | Sreve Walton |
- Observations (1)
- Source: RSC Performance Database RSC Performance Database
- Last modified by Matthew Somerville.
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Observations
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King Lear has a large cast. Mr Heffernan, in one of the smaller roles, gave an absolute gem of a performance. Critics rarely have space to do justice to such work. It’s a great pity .
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