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King Lear review

“Uncluttered but strangely static”
ReviewsMar 3, 202510:07 by Jane CoyleGate Theatre, Dublin
Michael Glenn Murphy, Conleth Hill and Fiona Bell in King Lear at Gate Theatre, Dublin. Photo: Ros Kavanagh
Michael Glenn Murphy, Conleth Hill and Fiona Bell in King Lear at Gate Theatre, Dublin. Photo: Ros Kavanagh
Glossily presented, with a splendid central performance from Conleth Hill, but in need of a shot of artistic vision

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