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King Lear Broadway Original Cast Revival


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Original Cast

Robert Algar Headshot
Robert Algar
Duke of Albany
Kempster Barnes Headshot
Kempster Barnes
Edgar

(Gloucester's Son)
Richard Blythe Headshot
Richard Blythe
Herald
Servant to Cornwall
George Bradford Headshot
George Bradford
Duke of Burgundy
Tenant to Gloucester
Ann Chalkley Headshot
Ann Chalkley
Regan

(Lear's Daughter)
David Dodimead Headshot
David Dodimead
King of France
Officer
Violet Farebrother Headshot
Violet Farebrother
Goneril

(Lear's Daughter)
Alexander Gauge Headshot
Alexander Gauge
Earl of Kent
Frederick Horrey Headshot
Frederick Horrey
Edmund

(Gloucester's Bastard Son)
Rosalind Iden Headshot
Rosalind Iden
Cordelia

(Lear's Daughter)
Eric Maxon Headshot
Eric Maxon
Earl of Gloucester
Josef Shear Headshot
Josef Shear
Duke of Cornwall
Malcolm Watson Headshot
Malcolm Watson
Curan
Doctor
Geoffrey Wilkinson Headshot
Geoffrey Wilkinson
Fool
Donald Wolfit Headshot
Donald Wolfit
King Lear of Britain
John Wynyard Headshot
John Wynyard
Oswald

(Goneril's Steward)

Production Team

Christopher Ede Director
Ernest Stern Costume Designer
Scenic Designer
Donald Wolfit Director

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