Who Played Kent in King Lear

Kent is a role in King Lear, a play that opened Off-Broadway in 1990.

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.

12 actors have played Kent in King Lear.

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Performer	Production	Opened
Douglass Watson	Off-Broadway King Lear	1973
James Harper	Off-Broadway King Lear	1978
Tom Spiller	Off-Broadway King Lear	1982
John Woodson	Off-Broadway King Lear	1990
Jerome Preston Bates	Off-Broadway King Lear	2006
Michael Cerveris	Off-Broadway King Lear	2007
John Douglas Thompson	Off-Broadway King Lear	2011
Jay O. Sanders	Off-Broadway King Lear	2014
Sargon Yelda	West End King Lear	2016
	West End King Lear	2018
Johanne Murdock	West End King Lear	2018
Eleanor de Rohan	West End King Lear	2023
Eleanor de Rohan	Off-Broadway King Lear	2024

Other Roles in King Lear

Role	Production	Opened
Albany	Off-Broadway King Lear	1990
Albany Officer	Off-Broadway King Lear	1990
Burgundy	Off-Broadway King Lear	1990
Captain	Off-Broadway King Lear	1990
Cordelia	Off-Broadway King Lear	1990
Cornwall	Off-Broadway King Lear	1990
Cornwall Servant	Off-Broadway King Lear	1990
Curan	Off-Broadway King Lear	1990
Edgar	Off-Broadway King Lear	1990
Edmund	Off-Broadway King Lear	1990
Gloucester	Off-Broadway King Lear	1990
Goneril	Off-Broadway King Lear	1990
Herald	Off-Broadway King Lear	1990
Kent	Off-Broadway King Lear	1990
King Lear	Off-Broadway King Lear	1990
King Lear (weekday matinees)	Off-Broadway King Lear	1990
King of France	Off-Broadway King Lear	1990
Knight	Off-Broadway King Lear	1990
Lear's Fool	Off-Broadway King Lear	1990
Messenger to Albany	Off-Broadway King Lear	1990
Messenger to Cordelia/ 2nd Messenger to Albany	Off-Broadway King Lear	1990
Oswald	Off-Broadway King Lear	1990
Regan	Off-Broadway King Lear	1990

“Kent” Also Appears In

Production	Type	Year
reasons to be pretty	Off-Broadway	2008
Destry Rides Again	Broadway	1959

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