King Lear

Synopsis: Video recording on David William’s 1972 production of King Lear for the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival with William Hutt as Lear.
Language: English
Country: Canada
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 7 Jun 1972

Theatre: Festival Theatre, Stratford, Ontario
Theatre company: Shakespeare (Stratford) Theatre Company
Production type: Stage Recordings
Plays: King Lear
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival

History: The production ran in repertory 7 June-21 October 1972; on tour in 1973.
Reviews: Barnes, Clive. New York Times (9 June 1972). p. 32. Jackson, Berners W. Shakespeare Quarterly 23 (1972): 388-94 (in review-article).

William Hutt	Lear
Elizabeth Shepherd	Cordelia
Powys Thomas	Earl of Gloucester
Edward Atienza	Fool
Kenneth Welsh	Edgar, later disguised as Tom o’Bedlam
Carole Shelley	Regan
Daniel Davis	Edmund
Don Sutherland	Duke of Burgundy
Eric Donkin	Oswald
Jack Roberts	Doctor
Joseph Rutten	Old Man
Mervyn Blake	Earl of Kent
Michael Liscinsky	King of France
Pat Galloway	Goneril
Roland Hewgill	Duke of Cornwall
William Needles	Duke of Albany