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Brian Blessed collapses on stage playing King Lear - then returns to finish show by Press Association

Veteran actor treated on stage in front of the audience at Holy Trinity Church in Guildford before returning to finish his role in Shakespearean tragedyVeteran actor Brian Blessed collapsed on stage while playing King Lear, but returned after 20 minutes to finish the show.Blessed, 78, had begun to deliver his opening lines in the Shakespearean tragedy when he apparently fainted and fell from a raised platform. Contin…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AM on January 21, 2015

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