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LevelFile
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)MS38/4714
Title'King Lear' by William Shakespeare
Extent1 file
Date1952
DescriptionPress and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'King Lear' with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast and cast list; includes brief mention of European tour Feb 1952; programme extract with cast list for provincial theatre 1952

Performed at The Old Vic Theatre, London, 3 Mar 1952; produced by Hugh Hunt; scenery and costumes by Reece Pemberton; lighting by Cecil Clarke; music by Charles Mackerras
On tour: 1952: The Theatre Royal, Brighton

Casts: Andre Morell, John Phillips, Lee Montague, Freda Jackson, Ernest Hare, Coral Brown, David Waller, Stephen Murray, Daphne Slater, Philip Mellor, Philip Pearman, Peter Coke, John Blatchley, Robert Welles, Leo McKern, Roger Gage, Richard Pasco, Wolfe Morris, John Colicos, Rex Robinson, Murray Gilmore, Colin Mann
Access StatusOpen

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