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2016/09/07 night – The RSC’s King Lear, Royal Shakespeare Theatre
MY REPORT
Some notes about the set design and costumes.
GALLERY
Some photos I took myself:
Now, if you want to read further….
INFORMATION
Cast and Creatives and their Twitter accounts:
Romayne Andrews (Servant / Messanger) @RomayneAndrews
Antony Byrne (Earl of Kent)
Eke Chukwu (Lear’s Gentleman) @ekechukwu1
James Clyde (Duke of Cornwall)
James Cooney (Servant) @jkcooney
Bethan Cullinane (Messanger) @BethanCullinane
Marième Diouf (Messanger) @mamz_j
Paapa Essiedu (Edmund) @PaapaEssiedu
Kevin N Golding (Curan / Doctor) @KevGolding
Marcus Griffiths (King of France / Captain) @MMGriffiths1
Nia Gwynne (Goneril)
Oliver Johnstone (Edgar)
Byron Mondahl (Oswald) @ByronMondahl
Theo Ogundipe (Duke of Burgundy / Herald) @sicario320
Antony Sher (King Lear)
Natalie Simpson (Cordelia) @Natsiepom
Clarence Smith (Duke of Albany) @clarencesmiff
David Troughton (Earl of Gloucester)
Graham Turner (Fool)
Ewart James Walters (Old Man)
Kelly Williams (Regan)
Jenny Fennessy (Servant/Messanger)
Other parts played by members of the Company
Lear’s Knights are local extras: local-extras-appear-on-stage-in-king-lear
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Director: Gregory Doran
Designer: Niki Turner
Lighting Designer: Tim Mitchell
Composer: Ilona Sekacz
Sound Designer: Jonathan Rudick
Movement Director: Michael Ashcroft
Fight Director: Bret Yount @bretfights
The Royal Shakespeare Company @TheRSC
LINKS & SOURCES
RSC Official Site rsc.org.uk/king-lear/
Barbican Official Site barbican.org.uk/theatre/event-detail.asp?ID=19608
Cast list from the programme.
