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Roger Allam as King Lear: 'Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks' " video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Emma John, Liese Spencer and Chris Wiegand

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Roger Allam plays King Lear in act III, scene 2 of the tragedy. Lear is on the heath during a symbolic storm. The ageing king curses the weather and his daughters, and laments his frailty Read the full text for this speechRead more about Shakespeare SolosMichael Billington on the video: 'I can't…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:20AM on February 1, 2016

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