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LevelFile
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)MS38/1249e
Title'King Lear' by William Shakespeare
Extent1 file
Date1959
DescriptionPress and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'King Lear', performed as part of the Stratford-upon-Avon Festival -The 100th Season of Plays by William Shakespeare; with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast and cast lists; includes photographs of cast members in scenes from the play

Performed at The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 18 Aug 1959; directed by Glen Byam Shaw; scenery and costumes by Motley; music by Anthony Hopkins; lighting by Michael Northen

Cast: Anthony Nicholls, Cyril Luckham, Robert Hardy, Charles Laughton, Stephanie Bidmead, Angela Baddeley, Zoe Caldwell, Julian Glover, Paul Hardwick, Edward de Souza, Roy Dotrice, Albert Finney, Michael Blakemore, Peter Woodthorpe, Ian Holm, Stephen Thorne, Michael Graham Cox, Roger Bizley, David Buck, Donald Eccles, Kenneth Gilbert, Roy Spencer, Peter Mason, Stanley Wheeler, Arthur Allaby, Don Smith, Richard Rudd, Dave Thomas
Access StatusOpen

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