King Lear

Press night

14.07.1953

Venue

Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

Cast

Role and name

• Earl of Kent

  Andrews, Harry

• Servant

  Blake, Mervyn

• Unnamed parts

  Clinton, Dennis,

• Unnamed parts

  Culliford, James,

• Unnamed parts

  Davenport, Nigel,

• Servant

  Duguid, Peter,

• Old Man

  Eccles, Donald,

• Officer

  Glendenning, John,

• Fool

  Goring, Marius

• Unnamed parts

  Graham, Denys,

• Officer

  Gray, Charles,

• Officer

  Hart, George,

• King of France

  Hayes, Michael,

• Edgar

  Hoskins, Basil,

• Unnamed parts

  Howard, Charles,

• Earl of Gloucester

  Howlett, Noel,

• Gentleman

  Johnson, Peter,

• Unnamed parts

  Jones, Gareth,

• Knight

  Kay, Bernard,

• Regan

  Kempson, Rachel

• Duke of Burgundy

  King, David,

• Unnamed parts

  Malone, Cavan,

• Unnamed parts

  Martin, Richard,

• Cordelia

  Mitchell, Yvonne,

• Knight

  Morant, Philip,

• Curan

  Peacock, William,

• Oswald

  Pleasence, Donald,

• Unnamed parts

  Roberts, John,

• Goneril

  Sanderson, Joan,

• Edmund

  Shaw, Robert,

• Unnamed parts

  Sherry, Raymond,

• Duke of Cornwall

  Thomas, Powys

• Captain

  Townsend, Alan,

• Doctor

  Turner, Michael,

• Duke of Albany

  Warre, Michael,

• Servant

  Wellman, James,

• Herald

  Willis, Jerome,

• King Lear

  Redgrave, Michael Scudamore

Creative

Role and name

• Designer

  Colquhoun, Robert,

• Director

  Devine, George,

• Music by

  Gardner, John,

• Light Designer

  Streuli, Peter,

• Fight Arranger

  Warre, Michael,

• Playwright

  Shakespeare, William