DEBORAH WARNER
theatre - opera - installations
director
photographs © Neil Libbert
King Lear, 1990-1991
William Shakespeare
Royal National Theatre
1990 Lyttleton Theatre, London
1990/91 UK and International Tour
Performances: London, 10 July - 1 September 1990; Tokyo, 14 -23 September 1990; Theatre Royal, Nottingham, 1-6 October 1990; New Theatre, Cardiff, 8-13 October 1990; Grand Theatre, Leeds, 16-20 October 1990; Opera House, Belfast, 24-7 October 1990; Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg, 1-4 November 1990; Teatro Lirico, Milan, 9-11 November 1990; Centro Dramatico National Madrid, 17-18 November 1990; Théâtre de l’Odéon, 21 November–1 December 1990; Opera House, Cork, 7-8 December; Opera House, Cairo, 13-16 December 1990; National Theatre, Prague; National Theatre, Bucharest; Schauspielhaus, Leipzig; Edinburgh 1991.
Creative Team
Director -Deborah Warner
Designer - Hildegard Bechtler
Lighting - Jean Kalman
Music - Dominic Muldowney
Movement - Jane Gibson
Fight - John Waller
Voice - Patsy Rodenburg
Cast
Old Man -Sam Beazley
Oswald - Nicholas Blane
Fool - David Bradley
Albany - Richard Bremner
King of France - David Collings
King Lear - Brian Cox
Goneril - Susan Engel
Regan - Clare Higgins
Gentleman - Colin Hurley
Edgar - Derek Hutchinson
Gloucester - Peter Jeffrey
Edmund - Hakeem Kae-Kazim
Messenger - Helen Kvale
Messenger - Phil McKee
Kent - Ian McKellen
Curran - Stephen Marchant
Cordelia - Eve Matheson
Cornwall - Richard O’Callaghan
Doctor - Bruce Purchase
Herald - Richard Simpson
Burgundy - Mark Strong
3rd Knight - Peter Sullivan