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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 Broadway in 2019.

Glenda Jackson, just coming off her run in Three Tall Women on Broadway, has already set the date of her return. Jackson will appear as the title character in King Lear in the play's Broadway run next year. Jackson is no stranger to this role, playing it previously in 2016 at London's Old Vic. The Broadway production will be entirely different, with new staging.

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
Duke of Albany Broadway King Lear 2019
Duke of Cornwall Broadway King Lear 2019
Earl of Gloucester Broadway King Lear 2019
Earl of Kent Broadway King Lear 2019
Edgar Broadway King Lear 2019
Edmund Broadway King Lear 2019
Goneril Broadway King Lear 2019
King Lear Broadway King Lear 2019
Oswald Broadway King Lear 2019
Regan Broadway King Lear 2019

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