Production Information

programme

The Peter Hall Company at The Old Vic

'King Lear' by William Shakespeare

The Old Vic Theatre, London.

First performance of this production: 26.8.1997


Cast

Lear, King of Britain

ALAN HOWARD

Goneril, daughter to Lear

ANNA CARTERET

Regan, daughter to Lear

JENNY QUAYLE

Cordelia, daughter to Lear

VICTORIA HAMILTON

Duke of Albany, married to Goneril

PETER BLYTHE

Duke of Cornwall, married to Regan

MICHAEL GARDINER

Earl of Kent

DAVID YELLAND

Earl of Gloucester

DENIS QUILLEY

Edgar, son to Gloucester

GREG HICKS

Edmund, bastard son to Gloucester

ANDREW WOODALL

King of France

CHRISTOPHER BIANCHI

Duke of Burgundy

PETER BROOME

Fool

ALAN DOBIE

First Gentleman

PETER GORDON

Oswald, steward to Goneril

STEPHEN NOONAN

Curan, a courtier

CHRISTOPHER BIANCHI

Old Man, tenant to Gloucester

PETER GORDON

Captain

BEN ALBU

Cornwall's Servant

PETER GORDON

Herald

PETER BROOME

Messengers

BEN ALBU / NEIL HENRY
CHRISTOPHER BIANCHI

Attendants and Servants

BEN ALBU / NEIL HENRY
PETER BROOME
CHRISTOPHER BIANCHI

Soldiers

PETER BROOME
STEPHEN NOONAN
BEN ALBU / NEIL HENRY
CHRISTOPHER BIANCHI

Drummers

BEN ALBU / NEIL HENRY

Other Parts Played by

JOSHUA BOND
STUART GOODIER
DAVID HENNIG
TIM WILLIAMS

   
   

Director

PETER HALL

Designer

JOHN GUNTER

Composer

JUDITH WEIR

Costume Designer

JOHN GUNTER

Lighting Designer

MARK HENDERSON

Sound Designer

MATT MCKENZIE

Fight Director

TERRY KING

   

Associate Director

CORDELIA MONSEY

Casting Director

GILLIAN DIAMOND

Company Manager

SARAH WALLEY

Stage Manager

NIALL FRANCHI

Deputy Stage Manager

KATHLEEN PATTERSON

Assistant Stage Managers

ZOË DONEGAN
ANDREW STIRRAT

Research Assistant

HANNAH EIDINOW


The text used is the 1623 Folio, with a few verbal corrections.


PART ONE LASTS APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS.

PART TWO LASTS APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR AND 10 MINUTES.

THERE WILL BE ONE INTERVAL OF 20 MINUTES


Playing Shakespeare/King Lear