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.
Herbert Lom
Lom starred as the King of Siam in the original London production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical, "The King and I." Opening at the Drury Lane Theatre on 8October 1953, it ran for 926 performances. Lom can be heard on the cast recording.