King Lear: Royal Shakespeare Company, 1968.

This production is costumed fantastically in black and gold to suggest a legendary past roughly like Wagner's mythical world of the Niebelungenleid, since Lear is more legend than history. Trevor Nunn, director; Christopher Morley, designer; Eric Porter, King Lear; Diane Fletcher, Cordelia; Susan Fleetwood, Regan; Sebastian Shaw, Earl of Gloucester; David Waller, Earl of Kent; Tom Holte : photographer. Rights: Thos. F. and Mig Holte Collection (Copyright Shakespeare Birthplace Trust) courtesy of AHDS performingarts ac.uk. This image may be used for educational purposes only.