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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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