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Shows · King Lear · City Center, 1956

King Lear, 1956

Opened January 12, 1956

Closed January 29, 1956

21 performances

City Center

Revival

Broadway

Of the productions that opened in the 1950s, this had the 463rd longest run.

Other stagings of King Lear 18 more

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1906
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1907
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1909
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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
1947
New Century TheatreBroadway Revival, directed by Donald Wolfit
8 performances
1950
National TheatreBroadway Revival, directed by John Houseman
48 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 it27 named

R
Robert Burr
T
Tom Clancy
A
Alvin Epstein1925–2018

Art Alisi
David Anthony
Jack Aronson
Julian Barry
Robert Blackburn
Sorrell Booke
Francis Carpenter
John Colicos
Thayer David
Roy Dean
Richard Edelman
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Richard Hill
Viveca Lindfors
Walter Mathews
Kenneth Mays
Thomas Newman
Lou Perri
James T Pritchett
Don Ratka
Lester Rawlins
Sylvia Short
Robert Weaver
Michael Yuda

Creative team

Director
Orson Welles
Producer
New York City Center Theatre Company (Jean Dalrymple: Director)

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