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LevelFile
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)MS38/4713
Title'King Lear' by William Shakespeare
Extent1 file
Date1946-1953
DescriptionPress and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'King Lear' with photographs and an illustration of a member of the cast and cast list; cuttings mention 1946 and 1949 productions of 'King Lear' but there are no details other than the lead was played by Donald Wolfit

Performed at The Savoy Theatre, London, Apr 1947; presented by Firth Shephard and the Advance Players Association Ltd; produced by Donald Wolfit; The Kings Theatre, Hammersmith, 23 Feb 1953; presented by the Advance Players Association Ltd; produced by Nugent Monck

Cast: Donald Wolfit, Alexander Gauge, Eric Maxon, Richard Lyndhurst, Frederick Horrey, Violet Farebrother, Ann Chalkley, Rosalind Iden, Richard Goolden, Joseph O'Conor, Ronald Grierson, Bryan Johnson, Jonathon Meddings, Ernest Hare, Lewis Casson, Michael Ingham, Eileen Barry, Ellen Pollock, Peter Rendall, James Dale, Tom Criddle, Joseph Chelton, Michael Blythe, John Wynyard, Alun Owen
Access StatusOpen

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