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King Lear

On tour at 4 venues in 4 towns · 61 performances from Fri 11 Sept to Sat 1 May.

Triple Olivier Award winner Roger Allam, one of the finest Shakespearean actors of his generation, and Olivier Award nominee Freddie Fox, one of Britain’s most exciting young actors, lead a repertory company in this double bill combining Shakespeare’s most powerful tragedy and his most beautiful and accessible history play. KING LEAR "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!" When King Lear (Roger Allam) gives up his crown in favour of his three daughters, he triggers a civil war which tears his country apart. As the royal family disintegrates, the villainous Edmund