Shows · King Lear · New Century Theatre, 1947

King Lear, 1947

Opened February 18, 1947

Closed March 8, 1947

8 performances

New Century Theatre

Revival

Broadway

Of the productions that opened in the 1940s, this had the 640th longest run.

Other stagings of King Lear 18 more

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1905

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1906

Academy Of MusicBroadway Revival

1907

Lyric TheatreBroadway Revival

1909

New Amsterdam TheatreBroadway Revival

1911

Dalys TheatreBroadway Revival

1915

44th Street TheatreBroadway Revival

1917

44th Street TheatreBroadway Revival

1918

44th Street TheatreBroadway Revival

1923

Earl Carroll TheatreBroadway Revival

2 performances

1930

Shubert TheatreBroadway Revival

1950

National TheatreBroadway Revival, directed by John Houseman

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1956

City CenterBroadway Revival, directed by Orson Welles

21 performances

1968

Vivian Beaumont TheaterBroadway Revival, directed by Gerald Freedman

72 performances

2004

Vivian Beaumont TheaterBroadway Revival, directed by Jonathan Miller

33 performances

2018

Tom Stoppard TheatreLondon Original

2019

Cort TheatreBroadway Revival, directed by Sam Gold

76 performances

2023

Wyndham's TheatreLondon Original

Who was in it15 named

Robert Algar
Kempster Barnes
Richard Blythe
George Bradford
Ann Chalkley
David Dodimead
Violet Farebrother
Alexander Gauge
Frederick Horrey
Rosalind Iden
Eric Maxon
Josef Shear
Malcolm Watson
Geoffrey Wilkinson
John Wynyard

Creative team

Director: Donald Wolfit
Producer: Hall Shelton

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