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King Lear

Vivian Beaumont Theatre, (3/4/2004 - 4/18/2004)
Preview:Feb 11, 2004 Total Previews:16
Opening:Mar 4, 2004   
Closing:Apr 18, 2004 Total Performances:33


Category: Play, Tragedy, Revival, Broadway





by opening date




Written by William Shakespeare; Incidental music by Berthold Carrière

Directed by Jonathan Miller; Assistant Director: Elena Manuela Araoz

Scenic Design by Ralph Funicello; Costume Design by Clare Mitchell; Lighting Design by Robert Thomson; Sound Design by Scott Anderson; Wig Design by Jerry Altenburg; Associate Costume Design: Michael Sharpe; Assistant Lighting Design: Dale Knoth and Sharon Reid

LCT General Manager: Adam Siegel; Company Manager: Gillian Roth; Assistant Co. Mgr: Josh Lowenthal

LCT Production Manager: Jeff Hamlin; Stage Manager: Brian Scott

Fight direction by John Stead; Assistant Fight Director: Joel Harris; Costume Coordinator, Stratford Festival: Alix Dolgoy; Photographer: Joan Marcus and V. Tony Hauser; Poster Art by James McMullan; Fight Captain: Jay Edwards; LCT Director of Development: Hattie K. Jutagir; LCT Director of Marketing: Andrew Flatt; LCT General Press Agent: Philip Rinaldi; U.S. Casting: Daniel Swee; Advertising: Serino Coyne, Inc. and James Russek

Scenic design based on the design of the Stratford Fest. of Canada's Festival Theatre stage by Tanya Moiseiwitsch


Opening Night Cast

Christopher Plummer King Lear of Britain  
James Blendick Earl of Gloucester  
Domini Blythe Goneril
Lear's Daughter 
 
Caroline Bootle Ensemble  
William Cain Doctor  
Benedict Campbell Earl of Kent  
Brent Carver Edgar
Gloucester's Son 
 
Geraint Wyn Davies Edmund
Gloucester's Bastard Son 
 
Ian Deakin Duke of Albany  
Jay Edwards Cornwall's Servant  
 Ensemble  
David Furr Cornwall's Servant  
 Captain  
 Ensemble  
Douglas Harmsen Ensemble  
Claire Jullien Cordelia
Lear's Daughter 
 
Leo Leyden Old Man  
Matt Loney Ensemble  
Barry MacGregor Fool  
Quentin Maré Herald  
 Ensemble  
Christopher McHale Cornwall's Servant  
 Ensemble  
Paul O'Brien King of France  
Guy Paul Duke of Burgundy  
Lucy Peacock Regan
Lear's Daughter 
 
Andy Prosky Ensemble  
Christopher Randolph Ensemble  
Stephen Russell Duke of Cornwall  
Brian Sgambati Ensemble  
Eric Sheffer Stevens Curan  
 Ensemble  
Baylen Thomas Ensemble  
Brian Tree Oswald
Goneril's Steward 
 
Susan Wilder Ensemble  

Understudies: Caroline Bootle (Cordelia), William Cain (Earl of Gloucester, Old Man), Benedict Campbell (King Lear of Britain), Douglas Harmsen (Edgar), Matt Loney (Curan, Herald), Quentin Maré (Edmund), Christopher McHale (Captain, Doctor), Paul O'Brien (Duke of Albany), Guy Paul (Duke of Cornwall), Andy Prosky (Oswald), Christopher Randolph (King of France), Stephen Russell (Earl of Kent), Eric Sheffer Stevens (Duke of Burgundy), Brian Tree (Fool), Susan Wilder (Goneril, Regan).