Actor loses voice on stage during Sam Mendes's King Lear
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…