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King Lear


'Hicks' wonderful, ghost-like Lear is full of hate and spite'
Daily Express


'Charles Aitken is excellent as Edgar'
Daily Express


'Proves Greg Hicks to be an actor in the first Shakespearean rank'
Guardian


'David Farr's production is a masterpiece... gripping, inventive and assured'
Whats On Stage


'Madness with a majestic touch...David Farr's apocalyptic production of Shakespeare's greatest play'
Independent

'David Farr's excellent King Lear...fantastical, comical and heartbreaking'
Independent on Sunday

'Samantha Young's avenging angel of a Cordelia and Darrell D'Silva's marvellously earthy Kent... Kelly Hunter and Katy Stephens as the elegant faces of evil'
Evening Standard

'Shows the RSC Ensemble growing in authority'
Guardian

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King Lear.  Photo by Ellie Kurttz.

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