Review added the Royal Shakespeare Company’s King Lear (LINKED) with Antony Sher as Lear, David Troughton as Gloucester and Paapa Essediu as Edmund. A magnificent production.
King Lear – Antony Sher review
27/08/2016 by Peter Viney
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