Sam Troughton lost his voice on stage during King Lear, leaving 'fantastically cool' understudy Paapa Essiedu to take over in the second half' Out of their minds: the actors' guide to playing King LearIt is every actor's nightmare: losing your voice on stage in front of a packed house. But during Tuesday's preview performance of Sam Mendes's King Lear at the National Theatre, with Simon Russell Beale in the title rol…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:20AM on January 23, 2014