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LevelFile
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)MS38/4712
Title'King Lear' by William Shakespeare
Extent1 file
Date1946
DescriptionPress and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'King Lear' with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast; includes magazine extracts and features with photographs of members of the cast in scenes from the play and the story; also includes magazine cutting of sketches of costumes from this production

Performed at The New Theatre, London, 24 Sep 1946; presented by Howard Wyndham, Bronson Albery, the Joint Council of the National Theatre and the Old Vic Theatre Company; produced by Laurence Olivier; music by Alec Rawsthorne; scenery and costumes by Roger Furse

Cast: Laurence Olivier, Margaret Leighton, Pamela Brown, Alec Guinness, Nicholas Hannen, Peter Copley, George Relph, Michael Warre, Joyce Redman, Harry Andrews, Cecil Winter, Frank Duncan
Access StatusOpen

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