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Who Played Fool in King Lear

Fool is a role in King Lear, a play that opened Off-Broadway in 1978.

Shakespeare's classic drama about a King who loses everything-including his mind-when he disowns his favorite daughter, and finds himself betrayed in return.

16 actors have played Fool in King Lear.

View full cast of King Lear

Performer Production Opened
Beata Karm Broadway King Lear 1923
John Forrest Broadway King Lear 1930
Geoffrey Wilkinson Broadway King Lear 1947
Norman Lloyd Broadway King Lear 1950
James Cook Broadway King Lear 1968
René Auberjonois Broadway King Lear 1968
Dennis Bacigalupi Off-Broadway King Lear 1978
Jeffrey Wright Off-Broadway King Lear 1996
Barry MacGregor Broadway King Lear 2004
Brian Tree Broadway King Lear 2004
Ken Schatz Off-Broadway King Lear 2006
Bill Irwin Off-Broadway King Lear 2011
Steven Boyer Off-Broadway King Lear 2014
Rhys Ifans West End King Lear 2016
John Vernon West End King Lear 2018
Lloyd Hutchinson West End King Lear 2018

Other Roles in King Lear

Role Production Opened
Albany Off-Broadway King Lear 1978
Burgundy Off-Broadway King Lear 1978
Captain Off-Broadway King Lear 1978
Cordelia Off-Broadway King Lear 1978
Cornwall Off-Broadway King Lear 1978
Doctor Off-Broadway King Lear 1978
Edgar Off-Broadway King Lear 1978
Edmund Off-Broadway King Lear 1978
Fool Off-Broadway King Lear 1978
Gloucester Off-Broadway King Lear 1978
Goneril Off-Broadway King Lear 1978
Kent Off-Broadway King Lear 1978
King of France Off-Broadway King Lear 1978
Lear Off-Broadway King Lear 1978
Oswald Off-Broadway King Lear 1978
Regan Off-Broadway King Lear 1978

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