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Simon Collins

Simon Collins

10 November 2018

9:00 AM

10 November 2018

9:00 AM

I don’t know if media coverage of the Geoffrey Rush defamation trial boosted Australian cinema attendances for last week’s simulcast broadcasts of an acclaimed British production of King Lear. But it’s safe to assume that in addition to mastering this notoriously challenging role, the actor playing the bard’s mad dad at the Chichester Festival did not also have to contend with newspaper allegations that he harassed a female cast member.

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