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Who Played King Lear in King Lear

King Lear is a role in King Lear, a play that opened Off-Broadway in 2014.

Revenge, rage, grief and delusion thunder upon the Delacorte as Tony and Emmy Award winner John Lithgow takes the stage as one of theater's great tragic heroes, KING LEAR. Tony winner Daniel Sullivan directs 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.

8 actors have played King Lear in King Lear.

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Performer Production Opened
Hal Holbrook Off-Broadway King Lear 1990
Kevin Kline Off-Broadway King Lear 2007
Sam Waterston Off-Broadway King Lear 2011
John Lithgow Off-Broadway King Lear 2014
Glenda Jackson West End King Lear 2016
Ian McKellen West End King Lear 2018
Glenda Jackson Broadway King Lear 2019
Kenneth Branagh West End King Lear 2023
Kenneth Branagh Off-Broadway King Lear 2024
Michael Potts Off-Broadway King Lear 2026

Other Roles in King Lear

Role Production Opened
Albany Off-Broadway King Lear 2014
Cordelia Off-Broadway King Lear 2014
Cornwall Off-Broadway King Lear 2014
Curan Off-Broadway King Lear 2014
Edgar Off-Broadway King Lear 2014
Edmund Off-Broadway King Lear 2014
Ensemble Off-Broadway King Lear 2014
Fool Off-Broadway King Lear 2014
Gloucester Off-Broadway King Lear 2014
Goneril Off-Broadway King Lear 2014
Kent Off-Broadway King Lear 2014
King Lear Off-Broadway King Lear 2014
King of France Off-Broadway King Lear 2014
Lear Off-Broadway King Lear 2014
Old Man Off-Broadway King Lear 2014
Oswald Off-Broadway King Lear 2014
Regan Off-Broadway King Lear 2014

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