Riverside Shakespeare Company
In 1985 the Riverside Shakespeare Company presented the New York premiere of "The History of King Lear", adapted with a happy ending by 18th-century English Poet Laureate, Nahum Tate, from William Shakespeare's "King Lear". The production was directed by W. Stuart McDowell, produced by Andrew B. Harris, who had joined Riverside as its executive director at the beginning of the season.
David Firth (actor)
During his stage career, Firth was in the cast of "King Lear" (Old Vic, 1988), "The Hunting of the Snark" (1991), "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" (Barbican Theatre, 1992), "Jubilee" (Barbican Theatre, 1992), "Assassins" (Donmar 1992), "Knickerbocker Holiday" (Barbican, 1993), "Follies" (Brighton, 1993), "Forty Years On" (West Yorkshire Playhouse, 1994), "Love Life" (Barbican Theatre, 1995), "Passion" (Queens, 1996), "The Fix" (Donmar 1997), "Die Fledermaus" (Arts, 1998), "On A Clear Day" (Barbican Theatre, 1998), "Good Grief" (Yvonne Arnaud, 1998), "HMS Pinafore" (Royal Festival Hall, 1999), 'Susanna's Secret" (Drill Hall, 1999), "Jubilee" (Her Majesty's and BBC Radio 3, 1999), "Der Kuhandel" (Barbican and BBC Radio 3, 2000), "Journey's End" (Drill Hall, 2000), "Cenerentola" (Music Theatre London, 2001), "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (Lyric, 2001), "Relatively Speaking" (Secombe Theatre Sutton, 2002), "Our Song" (tour, 2003), "Coward and Others" (2004), "The Man Who..." (Orange Tree Richmond, 2005), "The Shell Seekers" (tour, 2006), "Yellow Lines" (Oval House, 2007), "Park Avenue" (Lilian Bayliss Theatre, 2008), "Dirty Dancing" (Aldwych Theatre, 2008), and "Phantom of the Opera" (Royal Albert Hall, 2011).