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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | King Lear |
| Document Type | Prompt Book |
| Reference | Lear 39 |
| Primary Association | Browne, E. Martin |
| Associated Names | Kernodle, George R. |
| Annotation Date | 1928 |
| Theatre | Carnegie Institute; Cleveland Playhouse |
| Place of Production | New York; Cleveland |
| Country of Production | United States |
| Date of Production | 1928 |
| Description | Prompt book for the 1928 Carnegie Institute of Technology School of Drama performance of King Lear. |
| Genre | Tragedy |
| Theme(s) | Royalty, Aristocracy and Class; History, Politics and Corruption |
| Roles | Donald Bellows Wilson - King Lear; Jack Wooley - King of France; Harold Jacobson - Duke of Burgundy; Lee Mitchel - Duke of Cornwall; Carlton Young - Duke of Albany; Thomas Fisher - Earl of Kent; Thomas Lewis - Earl of Gloucester; George Kernodle - Old Man |
| Content Keywords | age, family, royalty, betrayal, love, imprisonment, death, madness, suffering |
| Context Keywords | script, cues, cuts, business, publicity, cast, stage, blocking |
| Shattuck Code | Not in Shattuck |
| Play | King Lear |
| Library | Folger Shakespeare Library |
| Note | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Folger Shakespeare Library's online catalogue and 'The Shakespeare Prompt books, A Descriptive Catalogue' by Charles H. Shattuck. |