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Shakespeare in Performance: Stage Production

King Lear (1958, Oregon Shakespeare Festival)

TitleKing Lear
Year1958
Theater CompanyOregon Shakespeare Festival
Theaters
Release LocationsUSA
Start Date1958-07-29
End Date1958-09-03
Play ConnectionsKing Lear (performance)
SettingMedieval
Media Collections

Cast Overview

LearRichard Graham
GonerilElizabeth Hiller
ReganRachel Weller
CordeliaRosalyn Newport
FoolRobert Towers
King of FranceWesley Owen
Duke of BurgundyEdgar Reynolds
Duke of CornwallClaude Jenkins
Duke of AlbanyGeorge Vafiadis
Earl of KentEdward Grover
Earl of GloucesterJerry Turner
EdgarPaul Harper
EdmundHarold V. Gould
CuranJohn W. Swearingen
Old ManRudolf E. Vest Jr.
DoctorDon Bumgardner
OswaldKeith Fowler
CaptainJohn W. Swearingen
GentlemanMichael Addison
GentlemanWilliam Nye
HeraldWallace D. Sinclair
KnightChristopher Jones
MessengerEllen Kay
MessengerPauline Peotter
MessengerJill Sandoe
SoldierGerald Bates
SoldierCharles A. Cook
SoldierWilliam Gregory
SoldierGeorge Riddle
SoldierJohn Sandoe
AttendantsJudith Offord
AttendantsAnne Leah Sandoe
TrumpeterHerbert Bell

Production Team and Crew Overview

DirectorRobert Loper
Costume DesignerDouglas A. Russell
Lighting DesignerKeith Gibson
Lighting DesignerAlban F. Varnado
Sound DesignerEllis Fesinstein
ComposerBernard Windt
ChoreographerMarcia Thayer
Technical DirectorRichard L. Hay
Production Stage ManagerEdward S. Brubaker
Assistant Stage ManagerTom R. Ryan
MakeupRichard Graham
CarpenterEdmund M. Chavez
TechnicianGene Chesley
Scenic DesignerRichard L. Hay
Assistant CostumerMarie Melinat
PhotographerDwaine E. Smith

Company Overview

Theater Company Oregon Shakespeare Festival

Production information courtesy of: Oregon Shakespeare Festival [website]