King Lear

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Event King Lear
Venue Civic Theatre, Christchurch, New Zealand
First Date 23 August 1956
Last Date 1956
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional Training Schools/Colleges
World Premiere No
Description The costumes and set were blue grey. The set was a curved podium which a descending ramp on one side and steps down the other. In the centre was a kind of shelter for hovel.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Tragedy
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Murray Alford Actor Duke of Gloucester
Brian Cashin Actor Duke of Cornwall
Ian Cochrane Actor Edmund
Beverley Crozier Actor Regan
Jonathan Elsom Actor Oswald
Annette Facer Actor Cordelia
Mervyn Glue Actor King Lear
David Hindin Actor Kent
Elric Hooper Actor The Fool
Gerald Lascelles Actor France
Janice McLeod Actor Goneril
William Scannell Actor Edgar
Ngaio Marsh Director
William Shakespeare Playwright
Works
Text Nationality England
Further Information First of the Civic Theatre productions - a venue seating 1,100. Marsh biography pages160 - 161.
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 189098