Sounds & Sweet Airs - The Complete Works of Shakespeare
King Lear
Act 1

Seeking to divide his kingdom among his three daughters and relieve himself of affairs of state, the elderly King Lear summons his children to declare their love for him. But when the ceremony does not unfold the way he intended, the true devision of his kingdom begins to unfold...

CAST
King Lear - Philip Donnelly
Regan - Kati Herbert
Goneril - Jo Emery
Cordelia - Hannah Rogers
Edmund - Luke Martin
Edgar - TJ Lea
Kent - Andrew Faber
Gloucester - Robert Aldington
Fool - David Ault
Albany - Alistair Sanderson
Oswald - Jacki Dann
King of France / Knight - Gareth Johnson
Burgundy - Stephen J Davies

CREW
Writer - William Shakespeare
Producer / Director - Dario Knight
Sound Engineer - Gareth Johnson
Music - Dream Cave, Kikoru & Kevin MacLeod

'King Lear' (Act 1)

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