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Who Played Duke of Cornwall in King Lear

Duke of Cornwall 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 Duke of Cornwall in King Lear.

View full cast of King Lear

Performer Production Opened
Frank Arundel Broadway King Lear 1923
Thayer Roberts Broadway King Lear 1930
Josef Shear Broadway King Lear 1947
Nehemiah Persoff Broadway King Lear 1950
Gerald E. McGonagill Off-Broadway King Lear 1962
John Devlin Broadway King Lear 1968
Joseph Schroer Broadway King Lear 1968
Ezra Knight Off-Broadway King Lear 1996
Guy Paul Broadway King Lear 2004
Stephen Russell Broadway King Lear 2004
Frank Wood Off-Broadway King Lear 2011
Russell Harvard Broadway King Lear 2019

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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