Internet Shakespeare Editions

Shakespeare in Performance: Stage Production

King Lear (1962, Royal Shakespeare Company)

TitleKing Lear
Year1962
Theater CompanyRoyal Shakespeare Company
Theaters
Release LocationsUK
LanguagesEnglish
Audiencegeneral public
Play ConnectionsKing Lear (performance)

Cast Overview

King LearPaul Scofield
GonerilIrene Worth
ReganPatience Collier
ReganPauline Jameson
FoolAlec McCowen
CordeliaDiana Rigg
King of FranceBarry MacGregor
King of FranceHugh Sullivan
Duke of BurgundyTony Steedman
Duke of CornwallTony Church
Duke of AlbanyPeter Jeffrey
Duke of AlbanyClifford Rose
Earl of KentTom Flemming
Earl of KentBrewster Mason
Earl of GlocesterJohn Lawrie
Earl of GloucesterAlan Webb
EdgarBrian Murray
EdmundJames Booth
EdmundIan Richardson
CuranPhilip Brack
Old ManMichael Burrell
Old ManKen Wynne
DoctorMichael Burrell
DoctorGareth Morgan
OswaldClive Swift
OswaldMichael Williams
CaptainJohn Churchill
CaptainIan Cullen
First British CaptainIan Hewitson
Second British CaptainGordon Honeycombe
First British CaptainLeslie Southwick
Second British CaptainPeter Tory
MessengerPeter Geddis
MessengerIan Lindsay

Production Team and Crew Overview

DirectorPeter Brook
DesignPeter Brook
MusicGuy Woolfenden

Company Overview

Theater Company Royal Shakespeare Company

Production information courtesy of: Assistant SIP Editors