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LevelFile
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)MS38/4718
Title'King Lear' by William Shakespeare
Extent1 file
Date1940
DescriptionPress and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'King Lear' with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast and cast list; includes photographs of cast members in scenes from the play

Performed at The Old Vic Theatre, Waterloo Road, London, 15 Apr 1940; produced by Lewis Casson; scenery and costumes by Roger Furse

Cast: John Gielgud, Lewis Casson, Nicholas Hannen, Jack Hawkins, Robert Harris, Stephen Haggard, Andrew Cruickshank, Harcourt Williams, Julian Somers, Fay Compton, Cathleen Nesbitt, Jessica Tandy, Basil Coleman, Alan Macnaughton, Frank Tickle
Access StatusOpen

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