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Shakespeare in Performance: Stage Production

King Lear (1996, Stratford Festival of Canada)

TitleKing Lear
Year1996
Theater CompanyStratford Festival of Canada
Theaters
Release LocationsCanada
Start Date1996-05-27
End Date1996-11-02
Play ConnectionsKing Lear (performance)

Cast Overview

King Lear (b)Lewis Gordon
King Lear (a)William Hutt
GonerilDiane D'Aquila
ReganMartha Burns
CordeliaColombe Demers
FoolJordan Pettle
King of FranceMartin Albert
BurgundyPaul Haddad
CornwallWayne Best
AlbanyBarry MacGregor
Kent (a)Lewis Gordon
Kent (b)Gerry Mackay
GloucesterEric Donkin
EdgarPeter Donaldson
EdmundGeordie Johnson
Old ManRobert King
DoctorJoyce Campion
OswaldJamie Williams
Captain to Edmund (b)Roy Lewis
Captain to Edmund (a)Gerry Mackay
GentlemanMichael Mawson
HeraldTim Koetting
KnightTim Koetting
Third Servant to CornwallRichard Clarkin
First Servant to CornwallRoy Lewis
Second Servant to CornwallMichael Shanks

Production Team and Crew Overview

DirectorRichard Monette
DesignerPatrick Clark
ComposerAlan Laing
Fight CaptainMichael Querin
Fight DirectorJohn Stead
Production Stage ManagerNora Polley
Stage ManagerNora Polley
Light DesignerMichael J. Whitfield
Sound DesignerEvan Turner

Company Overview

Theater Company Stratford Festival of Canada

Production information courtesy of: Alan Somerset