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.
Thomas Lowe (tenor)
Lowe sang as a child: in May 1732 he sang in Handel's oratorio "Esther" at the King's Theatre. His career as a tenor is first known in August 1740, when he took part in the masque "Alfred" by Thomas Arne, at its first performance at Cliveden, country home of Frederick, Prince of Wales. He first appeared at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London in September 1740, as Sir John Loverule in "The Devil to Pay" by Charles Coffey. During his first two seasons there he played Macheath in "The Beggar's Opera", Bacchanal in Arne's "Comus" and Arne's songs in the incidental music for several productions.