LEAR by Edward Bond

RSC

29th June 1982, The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon

director: Barry Kyle

music: Ilona Sekacz

Fontanelle Jenny Agutter
Rebel Soldier / Susan Penelope Beaumont
Workman / Carpenter John Bowe
Firing Squad Officer / Judge / Prisoner / Stranger David Bradley
Old Councillor / Prison Orderly Dennis Clinton
Workman / Soldier / Boy / Usher / Prisoner James Gaddas
Duke of North / Rebel Soldier / Prison Commander / Officer David Glover
Bishop / Clerk / Lewis / Major Pellet / John Nigel Harrison
Bodice Sara Kestelman
Gravedigger’s boy’s wife Alice Krige
Workman / Ben / Pete / Soldier Michael Maloney
Soldier / Stranger Tom Mannion
Engineer / Soldier / Prisoner / Worker Niall Padden
Lear Bob Peck
Rebel Soldier / Farmer’s wife / Stranger Brenda Peter
Soldier / Sergeant / Spy Pete Postlethwaite
Gravedigger’s boy / Dead Worker Mark Rylance
Foreman / Soldier / Rebel Soldier / Worker / Stranger Malcolm Storry
Duke of Cornwall / Rebel Soldier / Soldier / Small Man Ian Talbot
Warrington Paul Webster
Workman / Old Sailor / Rebel Soldier / Thomas / Prisoner Clive Wood
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