Internet Shakespeare Editions

Shakespeare in Performance: Stage Production

King Lear (1999, Royal Shakespeare Company)

TitleKing Lear
Year1999
Theater CompanyRoyal Shakespeare Company
Theaters
Release LocationsUK
Start Date1999-12-03
LanguagesEnglish
Audiencegeneral public
Play ConnectionsKing Lear (performance)

Cast Overview

King LearNigel Hawthorne
GonerilSian Thomas
ReganAnna Chancellor
FoolHiroyuki Sanada
CordeliaRobin Weaver
King of FranceAlisdair Simpson
Duke of BurgundyPeter O'Meara
Duke of CornwallNicholas McGaughey
Duke of AlbanySimon Chandler
Earl of KentChristopher Benjamin
Earl of GloucesterJohn Carlisle
EdgarMichael Maloney
EdmundWilliam Armstrong
Old ManBrian Poyser
DoctorRaymond Bowers
OswaldAnna Chancellor
GentlemanEdward Clayton
HeraldJulian Ovenden
KnightJim Fish
KnightJulian Ovenden
KnightJack Tanner
KnightStephen Ventura

Production Team and Crew Overview

DirectorYukio Ninagawa
Costume DirectorLily Komine
DesignerHorio Yukio
Fight ArrangerMasahiro Kunii
LightingTamotsu Harada
SoundMasahiro Inoue
MusicRyudo Uzaki
Hair DesignerChimaki Takeda

Company Overview

Theater Company Royal Shakespeare Company

Production information courtesy of: Assistant SIP Editors