DEBORAH WARNER
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theatre - opera - installations
director
photographs © Simon Warner / photographs © Sarah Ainslie
King Lear, 1985
William Shakespeare
1985 Edinburgh Fringe
1985 British Council Tour - Yugoslavia and Egypt
1985 Almeida Theatre, London
A Kick Theatre Company production
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Performances: St Cuthbert’s Halls, Edinburgh 12-17, 19-31 August 1985; Cankarjev Dom, Ljubljana, 15 October; Skuc Theatre, Zagreb, 17 October; Workers University Djuro Djakovic, Sarajevo,18 October; National Theatre, Pristina, 21 October; National Theatre, Sombor, 24 October; Yugoslav Drama Theatre, Belgrade, 25 October; Al Gomhourya Theatre, Cairo 29-30 October; Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria, 2 November; Almeida Theatre, London, 19-30 November 1985
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Creative Team
Director - Deborah Warner
Lighting Designer - Ben Ormerod
Stage Manager - Jan Massie
Poster design - Bruce McLean
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Cast
Regan - Janet Amsbury
King Lear - Robert Demeger
Kent - Derek Hutchinson
Cornwall/Gentleman - Piers Ibbotson
Edmund - Nicholas Jeune
Edgar/Burgundy - Crispin Letts
Oswald/France - Adrian McLoughlin
Albany - Vivian Munn
Goneril - Barbara Peak
Cordelia/Fool - Hilary Townley
Gloucester - Graham Valentine
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