The Daily Mail has reported that Sinead Cusack is set to star alongside SirIan McKellenan upcoming production of Shakespeare's King Lear. Cusack willportray Lear'sloyal courtier Kent. The Mail describes her approachas playing the Earl as 'an Angela Merkel-esque, straight-talking woman.'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36PM on July 20, 2017