King Lear

Productions of King Lear:

1892. When Henry Irving's production of King Lear opened with Irving playing Lear and Ellen Terry playing Cordelia, the play ran for 76 performances. It opened at the Lyceum Theatre (London) on November 10, 1892, and closed on February 1, 1893, with one additional performance on March 6, 1893. The other actors were Frank Cooper as Edmund, William Terriss as Edgar, Alfred Bishop of Gloster, W. J. Holloway as Kent, William Haviland as the Fool, Ada Dyas as Goneril and Maud Milton as Regan (Wearing, I, 266-7).

1913. The first season of the Birmingham Repertory Company opened with Barry Jackson's production of Twelfth Night (Loney, I, 68).

1914. On March 16 at the Hudson Theatre, New York City, Margaret Anglin began a run of Shakespeare plays; she directed and played in As You Like It, Twelfth Night, and The Taming of the Shrew (Loney, I, 72).

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