Chris Ryan's Theatre Diary


King Lear
King Lear
William Shakespeare

Date
1999
Venue Viaduct Theatre, Halifax
Company Northern Broadsides
Cast Members
Kent Clive Moore
Gloucester Frank Moorey
Edmund Craig Cheetham
Lear Barrie Rutter
Goneril Deborah McAndrew
Regan Claire Galbraith
Cordelia Rachel Jane Allen
Cornwall Lawrence Evans
Albany Jason Furnival 
France;
Knight;
Soldier

Kjeld Clark

Burgundy;
Old Man
Soldier
Josh Moran
Edgar Conrad nelson
Oswald Andy Wear
Fool Duggie Brown
Knight;
Soldier
Tom Kennedy
My Comments Just about as good as it gets. Barrie Rutter has a gift for casting. In this case it is Duggie Brown, who is a revelation as the Fool.