Notable Lears

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• Richard Briers, with Emma Thompson as his fool
• Richard Burbage
• Michael Gambon, with Antony Sher as his fool
• John Gielgud
• Ian Holm
• Anthony Hopkins
• Michael Hordern
• Kevin Kline
• Robert B. Mantell
• Laurence Olivier, with Alec Guiness as his fool in one production, and John Hurt in a televised production
• Samuel Phelps
• Christopher Plummer
• Paul Scofield
• Robert Stephens
• Orson Welles
• Donald Wolfit
• Ian McKellen, 24 March - 21 June 2007, Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon