King Lear

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Event King Lear
Venue York Theatre (Seymour Centre), Chippendale, NSW
First Date 13 September 1978
Last Date 7 October 1978
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Tragedy
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Geoffrey Cartwright Actor Kinght / Servant
Warwick Comber Actor Edgar
Gordon Glenwright Actor Earl of Kent
Fay Kelton Actor Regan
Trevor Kent Actor Edmund
Ron Layne Actor Knight / Servant
Ingrid Mason Actor Cordelia
Gordon McDougall Actor Gloucester
Sally McKenzie Actor Understudy
Robert Menzies Actor Understudy
Warren Mitchell Actor Lear
Russell Newman Actor Oswald
Geoffrey Rush Actor Fool
Pat Thomson Actor Goneril
John Hoenig Assistant Director
Rodney Therkelsen Assistant Lighting Designer and ASM
Peter Cooke Designer
Alan Edwards Director
David Read Lighting Designer
William Shakespeare Playwright
Jim Cotter Sound Designer
David Gration Stage Manager
Works
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Book Performing Arts Year Book of Australia 1978
Programme Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 5938