Performance

Venue	Royal Exchange
	Other spaces: The Studio/Swan Street Studio
Town	Manchester
County	Greater Manchester
From	9th September 1999
To	23rd October 1999
What is currently on at Royal Exchange (V491)

King Lear

T01792188175
King Lear divides his Kingdom between his daughters according to a declaration of their love for him. His eldest Goneril and Regan exaggerate their affection and inherit. His youngest daughter Cordelia speaks only the truth and is banished. So begins the tragedy of King Lear, whose dignity, sanity and finally life are torn from him by a self-seeking younger generation, ambitious for his power. What is love, what is madness, what is truth - Shakespeare explores these questions together with many others in King Lear, widely considered to be his greatest tragedy.

Author

Shakespeare

Archive :: production:T01792188175, play:S0555289637, venue:V491
Current production:Work

Production details

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Company

Performer	Tom Courtenay (King Lear)
Performer	Ian Bartholomew (The Fool)
Performer	David Craig
Performer	Adam James
Performer	Gillian Kearney (Cordelia)
Performer	David Ross
Performer	Helen Schlesinger (Goneril)
Performer	David Tennant (Edgar)
Performer	Terence Wilton
Performer	Ashley Jensen (Regan)
Director	Gregory Hersov
Design	David Short
Lighting	Vince Herbert
Sound	Scott Myers
Director	Renny Krupinski (fight)
Director	Suzanne Bell (assistant)

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