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Leeds Arts Centre performed King Lear in February 1986.
These photographs were taken during the production’s rehearsals.
The costumes for this production were designed by Malcolm Brown; some of the original drawings can be seen here.
Lear, King of Britain | Robin Polley |
Goneril, Lear’s eldest daughter | Gwyneth Hadley |
Regan, Lear’s second daughter | Denise Forton |
Cordelia, Lear’s youngest daughter | Shirley Hamer |
Duke of Albany, husband of Goneril | Gordon Carlin |
Duke of Cornwall, husband of Regan | Jim Young |
King of France | Malcolm Brown |
Duke of Burgandy | Michael Crowley |
Earl of Kent, later disguised as Caius | Trevor Money |
Earl of Gloucester | Ian Fairbrass |
Edgar, son of Gloucester, later disguised as Poor Tom | Les Wormald |
Edmund, bastard son of Gloucester | Stuart Mitchell |
Oswald, Goneril’s steward | David Jarrett |
Lear’s Fool | David Mallinson |
Four Knights | Nick Money |
Edwin Barraclough | |
Chris Rowley | |
Michael Brooksbank | |
Old Man, a tenant of Gloucester | George Teale |
Doctor, attendant on Cordelia | Dennis Stevenson |
Captain, follower of Edmund | Michael Brooksbank |
Officer | Michael Crowley |
Gloucester’s Servants | Chris Rowley |
Michael Brooksbank | |
Cornwall’s Servants | Edwin Barraclough |
Michael Crowley | |
Messenger | Chris Rowley |
Goneril’s Serving Women | Lesley Wheal |
Maggie Patrick |
Director | Julie Mitchell |
Stage Manager | Mel Harvey |
Assistant Stage Manager | Betty Triggs |
Lighting | Laurie Ball |
Sound | Jim Marshall |
Fight Director | Martin Key |
Properties | Doreen Parker |
Prompt | Denise Swift |
Wardrobe | Maggie Rhodes |
LAC Team | |
Box Office | John Pemberton |
Dorienne Pemberton | |
Front of House Managers | Anne Robinson |
Pam Wilson | |
Martyn Drake |
The following documents from the production are in the LAC archive.
We’re always looking to add to our archive of past productions – if you have any other memories of King Lear, we would be very pleased to hear from you.