19 Nov 2005
Hamlet
A young Prince is visited by the Ghost of his father and compelled to vengeance - but can he stop thinking for long enough to do it?
King Lear
An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.
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Ian Holm King Lear
Amanda Redman Regan
Barbara Flynn Goneril
Victoria Hamilton Cordelia
Timothy West Gloucester
Paul Rhys Edgar
Finbar Lynch Edmund
David Burke Kent
Michael Bryant Fool
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