LEAR Cast Revealed At Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Maureen Beattie, Forbes Masson, and Reuben Joseph will star in the new adaptation during the theatre’s 75th anniversary season.
Pitlochry Festival Theatre has announced the full cast for their forthcoming production of Lear - Finn Den Hertog's new adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic tragedy.
As previously announced, the production will be led by Scottish stage and screen icon, Maureen Beattie as Lear and Forbes Masson as Gloucester. They will be joined in the cast by Lindsey Campbell (Anna Karenina, Royal Lyceum Theatre) as Regan; Ali Craig (Sunset Song, Dundee Rep Theatre) as Oswald; Ailsa Davidson (Heathers: The Musical, The Other Place) as Cordelia/Fool; Jenny Hulse (Amber Murdoch in River City, BBC) as Goneril; Reuben Joseph (Macbeth, RSC) as Edmund; Beruce Khan (The Winter's Tale, Shakespeare's Globe) as Albany; Mercy Ojelade (Doubt: A Parable, Dundee Rep Theatre) as Kent and Dylan Read (Macbeth, RSC) as Edgar.
Lear is a visceral exploration of power, legacy and family, brought to the stage by some of Scotland's most celebrated theatre artists.
Directed by Finn Den Hertog, (The Fifth Step, National Theatre Scotland /West End Productions and Sunset Song, Dundee Rep Theatre), designed by Emma Bailey (Six the Musical) and featuring music by the award winning Scottish musician Brìghde Chaimbeul, Lear will run at Pitlochry Festival Theatre from 4 July – 1 August.
This marks the first staging of Shakespeare's iconic tragedy at Pitlochry Festival Theatre, presented in its 75th anniversary year and the inaugural season of Alan Cumming as Artistic Director.
For more information and tickets for Lear please visit pitlochryfestivaltheatre.com.
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