[martin93]

Does anyone have any news on the casting for next year a Stratford? Will Greg Hicks play Lear or will a bigger name be bought in? Patrick Stewart anyone? Will Darrel D'Silva play Antony opposite Kathryn Hunter's Cleopatra. And what about the Mort D'Arthur play who is in that?

[Poly]

Does anyone have any news on the casting for next year a Stratford? Will Greg Hicks play Lear or will a bigger name be bought in? Patrick Stewart anyone? Will Darrel D'Silva play Antony opposite Kathryn Hunter's Cleopatra. And what about the Mort D'Arthur play who is in that?

Don't know about the rest, but I know that Darrel D'Silva will play Antony in Antony and Cleopatra.

[David]

Hasn't Hicks been confirmed for Lear?...

http://www.birminghamcentre.co.uk/?p=9511

I would have thought long and hard about doing both Leontes and King Lear at the same time, if I hadn’t known I was working with David [Farr].

[Lynette]

Hasn't Hicks been confirmed for Lear?...

http://www.birminghamcentre.co.uk/?p=9511

Interesting comments, thanks for the link. He's very strong in the company at the moment - I've seen JC and TWT and he is very much the pivot of these. Darrel D'Silva is a very good foil too - espesh in JC.

[martin93]

Interesting! It looks like Hicks will be Lear. He could be very good indeed, from the comments about Darrell D'Silva he could be Kent. I guess the RSC will put us out of our misery next month!

[Weez]

All that I really know of is Hunter for Cleopatra, Stephens for Regan, Gale for Juliet, and Mackay for Octavius Caesar. I know that Romeo is known as well, but I can't for the life of me remember who it is. XP

[Poly]

I know that Romeo is known as well, but I can't for the life of me remember who it is. XP

Sam Troughton.

[Jan Brock]

Greg Hicks is far too young to play Lear.

The greatest ever stage Lear, Paul Scofield, was 42 when he played it. MIchael Gambon played it (very well) for RSC when he was 42 (I think the youngest Lear I have seen). Greg Hicks is 56. I rest my case, M'Lud.

[Lynette]

The greatest ever stage Lear, Paul Scofield, was 42 when he played it. MIchael Gambon played it (very well) for RSC when he was 42 (I think the youngest Lear I have seen). Greg Hicks is 56. I rest my case, M'Lud.

We see Lear as really old, don't we? But could have been just a mid life crisis and there are tellingly no grand children to mess up the plot so can assume the daughters are just of marriageable age....really no point is going down the how old road - Juliet is 14 etc..anyway, in the words of Olivier, he, Greg Hicks that is, can act, can't he?