This production played in repertory with A Cry of Players.

Vivian Beaumont Theatre, (11/7/1968 - 2/12/1969)

Category: Play, Tragedy, Revival, Broadway

Opening Night Production Credits 

Theatre Owned / Operated by Lincoln Center Theater

Produced by Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center (under the direction of Jules Irving)

Written by William Shakespeare; Incidental music by John Morris

Directed by Gerald Freedman; Assistant Director: Amy Saltz

Scenic Design by Ming Cho Lee; Costume Design by Theoni V. Aldredge; Lighting Design by John Gleason; Assistant Scenic Design: Lee Rand Jenkins; Assistant to Mr. Lee: Marjorie Kellogg; Assistant to Ms. Aldredge: Donald Foote; Assistant to Mr. Gleason: Spencer Mosse; Make-Up Consultant: Frederick Nihda

Production Stage Manager: Tim Ward; Stage Manager: Barbara-Mae Phillips; Assistant Stage Mgr: Patrick Horrigan

Press Representative: Susan Bloch

Ruth Attaway	Ensemble
Joseph Attles	Ensemble
René Auberjonois	Fool
Gerry Black	Ensemble
Samual Blue, Jr.	Ensemble
Philip Bosco	Earl of Kent
Virgilia Chew	Ensemble
Charles Cioffi	Duke of Albany
Lee J. Cobb	King Lear of Britain
James Cook	Ensemble
John Devlin	Duke of Cornwall
Stan Dworkin	Ensemble
Patricia Elliott	Regan Lear's Daughter
Stephen Elliott	Earl of Gloucester
Barnett Epstein	Ensemble
Brendan Fay	Cornwall's Servant
Mervyn Haines	Messenger to Cordelia
	Ensemble
Douglas Hayle	Ensemble
Martin Herzer	Ensemble
Stacy Keach	Edmund Gloucester's Bastard Son
Robert Levine	Ensemble
Marilyn Lightstone	Goneril Lear's Daughter
Don McHenry	Old Man
Judith Mihalyi	Ensemble
Robert Molock	Ensemble
Bill Moor	Duke of Burgundy
William Myers	Doctor
Robert Phalen	King of France
	Soldier
Paul Rudd	Herald
	Ensemble
Tom Sawyer	Oswald Goneril's Steward
Joseph Schroer	Captain
	Ensemble
Robert Stattel	Edgar Gloucester's Son
Jean-Pierre Stewart	Messenger to Albany
	Ensemble
Ray Stewart	Curan
Barbette Tweed	Cordelia Lear's Daughter
Susan Tyrrell	Ensemble
Ronald Weyand	Gentleman

Understudies: Charles Cioffi (King Lear of Britain), James Cook (Fool), Jerome Dempsey (Curan, Ensemble), John Devlin (Edmund), Michael Egan (Doctor, Duke of Burgundy), Mervyn Haines (Ensemble), Joan Jeffri (Goneril, Regan), Judith Mihalyi (Cordelia), William Myers (Earl of Gloucester, Ensemble), Robert Phalen (Edgar), Joseph Schroer (Duke of Cornwall, Oswald), Jean-Pierre Stewart (King of France), Ronald Weyand (Earl of Kent).