1890 - 1899Other Shakespeare performances
26-31 December 1892

King Lear

Location Royal Lyceum Theatre, London, UK
Plays performed King Lear

Programme

Date 26 December 1892
Play(s) King Lear
Production Date(s) Monday 26th December 1892 to Saturday 31st December 1892
Venue Royal Lyceum Theatre
Time of performance 2pm 8pm
Stage Manager H. J. Loveday
Scene Designer Hawes Craven and J. Harker
Costume Designer Charles Cattermole and Mrs Comyns Carr
Music Director Meredith Ball
Document ID SCB4-D4 Original record
Held by The British Library
Notes Edward Gordon Craig as Oswald; Henry Irving as Lear; Ellen Terry as Cordelia. Scenery based on designs by Ford Maddox Brown.

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Ellen Terry published her autobiography, The Story of My Life (1908).

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