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Who Played Albany in King Lear

Albany is a role in King Lear, a play that opened Off-Broadway in 2011.

KING LEAR, Shakespeare's masterpiece, is one of the towering works of world literature. In no other play is Shakespeare's tragic vision more terrifyingly clear-and nowhere in his canon does he create a richer or more complex set of characters. When King Lear divides his kingdom among his three daughters, he sets in motion a cascade of violence that sweeps the civilized world to the brink of chaos, and Lear to the edge of madness. Featuring Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe and Emmy winner Sam Waterston in the title role.

12 actors have played Albany in King Lear.

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Performer Production Opened
Robert Stattel Off-Broadway King Lear 1973
Anderson Matthews Off-Broadway King Lear 1978
John Camera Off-Broadway King Lear 1982
John Buck Jr. Off-Broadway King Lear 1990
Danny Camiel Off-Broadway King Lear 2006
Michael Rudko Off-Broadway King Lear 2007
Richard Topol Off-Broadway King Lear 2011
Christopher Innvar Off-Broadway King Lear 2014
William Chubb West End King Lear 2016
Anthony Howell West End King Lear 2018
James Millard West End King Lear 2018
Caleb Obediah Off-Broadway King Lear 2024

Other Roles in King Lear

Role Production Opened
Albany Off-Broadway King Lear 2011
Cordelia Off-Broadway King Lear 2011
Doctor Off-Broadway King Lear 2011
Duke of Burgundy Off-Broadway King Lear 2011
Duke of Cornwall Off-Broadway King Lear 2011
Edgar Off-Broadway King Lear 2011
Edmund Off-Broadway King Lear 2011
Fool Off-Broadway King Lear 2011
Gloucester Off-Broadway King Lear 2011
Goneril Off-Broadway King Lear 2011
Kent Off-Broadway King Lear 2011
King Lear Off-Broadway King Lear 2011
King of France Off-Broadway King Lear 2011
Knight Off-Broadway King Lear 2011
Old Man Off-Broadway King Lear 2011
Oswald Off-Broadway King Lear 2011
Regan Off-Broadway King Lear 2011
Servant Off-Broadway King Lear 2011

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