King Lear
- By:
- William Shakespeare
- Composer:
- Music: Adam Cork, also sound design
- Management:
- Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse, Headlong Theatre
- Cast:
- Pete Postlethwaite, John Shrapnel, Nigel Cooke, Forbes Masson, Tobias Menzies, Jonjo O'Neill, Amanda Hale, Caroline Faber, Charlotte Randle, Michael Colgan, Clarence Smith, Christopher Middleton, John-Paul MacLeod, Jacob Anderson
- Director:
- Rupert Goold
- Design:
- Giles Cradle
- Lighting:
- Howard Harrison
- Costumes:
- Nicky Gillibrand
Production information can change over the run of the show.
Rarely has the return of a prodigal son been more hugely celebrated this side of the New Testament than that of Pete Postlethwaite's return as Lear at the Everyman, for here it was that the man Spielberg labelled the "greatest actor in the world" earned his spurs...
Run sheet
- Everyman Liverpool
- November 5-29
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