PlayTragedyRevivalBroadway
Opening Date
Nov 07, 1968
Closing Date
Feb 12, 1969
Previews
4
Performances
72
PlayTragedyRevivalBroadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

This production played in repertory with A Cry of Players
Theatres
Vivian Beaumont Theater
(Nov 07, 1968 - Feb 12, 1969)
Theatre Owned / Operated by Lincoln Center Theater
Produced by Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center (under the direction of Jules Irving)
Written by William Shakespeare; Incidental music by John Morris
Directed by Gerald Freedman; Assistant Director: Amy Saltz
Scenic Design by Ming Cho Lee; Costume Design by Theoni V. Aldredge; Lighting Design by John Gleason; Assistant Scenic Design: Lee Rand Jenkins; Assistant to Mr. Lee: Marjorie Kellogg; Assistant to Ms. Aldredge: Donald Foote; Assistant to Mr. Gleason: Spencer Mosse; Make-Up Consultant: Frederick Nihda
Production Stage Manager: Tim Ward; Stage Manager: Barbara-Mae Phillips; Assistant Stage Mgr: Patrick Horrigan
Press Representative: Susan Bloch
Ruth Attaway
Ensemble
Joseph Attles
Ensemble
René Auberjonois
Fool
Gerry Black
Ensemble
Samual Blue, Jr.
Ensemble
Philip Bosco
Earl of Kent
Virgilia Chew
Ensemble
Charles Cioffi
Duke of Albany
Goneril's husband
Lee J. Cobb
King Lear of Britain
James Cook
Ensemble
John Devlin
Duke of Cornwall
Regan's husband
Stan Dworkin
Ensemble
Patricia Elliott
Regan
Lear's Daughter
Stephen Elliott
Earl of Gloucester
Barnett Epstein
Ensemble
Brendan Fay
Cornwall's Servant
Mervyn Haines
Messenger to Cordelia
 
Ensemble
Douglas Hayle
Ensemble
Martin Herzer
Ensemble
Stacy Keach
Edmund
Gloucester's Bastard Son
Robert Levine
Ensemble
Marilyn Lightstone
Goneril
Lear's Daughter
Don McHenry
Old Man
Judith Mihalyi
Ensemble
Robert Molock
Ensemble
Bill Moor
Duke of Burgundy
William Myers
Doctor
Robert Phalen
King of France
 
Soldier
Paul Rudd
Herald
 
Ensemble
Tom Sawyer
Oswald
Goneril's Steward
Joseph Schroer
Captain
 
Ensemble
Robert Stattel
Edgar
Gloucester's Son
Jean-Pierre Stewart
Messenger to Albany
 
Ensemble
Ray Stewart
Curan
Barbette Tweed
Cordelia
Lear's Daughter
Susan Tyrrell
Ensemble
Ronald Weyand
Gentleman
Understudies: Charles Cioffi (King Lear of Britain), James Cook (Fool), Jerome Dempsey (Curan, Ensemble), John Devlin (Edmund), Michael Egan (Duke of Burgundy, Doctor), Mervyn Haines (Ensemble), Joan Jeffri (Goneril, Regan), Judith Mihalyi (Cordelia), William Myers (Earl of Gloucester, Ensemble), Robert Phalen (Edgar), Joseph Schroer (Oswald, Duke of Cornwall), Jean-Pierre Stewart (King of France) and Ronald Weyand (Earl of Kent)
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