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color:#ffffff;"> <li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140128111056/http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/king-lear" style="background:#1868a1; color:#ffffff;" title="More Info on King Lear">Find out more</a></strong></li> <li><strong></strong></li> </ul> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="col2"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140128111056/http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/king-lear"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140128111056im_/http://d1wf8hd6ovssje.cloudfront.net/styles/730x398-homepage_orig/s3/images/King_Lear.jpg" width="730" height="398" alt="King Lear with Simon Russell-Beale" title="King Lear"/> </a> </div> </li> <li class="promo"> <div class="col1" style="background:#0598a3; color:#;"> <div class="production-color1"> <div class="box-padding"> <h2>The Light Princess</h2> <p>a new musical<br/>music and lyrics by <strong>Tori Amos</strong><br/>book and lyrics by <strong>Samuel Adamson</strong></p> <p>★★★★★<em> <br/></em><span style="line-height: 1.538em;">‘I’d go again tomorrow, and again the day after that.’ </span><em style="line-height: 1.538em;"><span style="line-height: 1.538em;">Daily Express</span></em><span style="line-height: 1.538em;"></span></p> <p><span style="line-height: 1.538em;"><strong>Last chance to see - ends 2 February</strong><br style="line-height: 1.538em;"/></span><span style="line-height: 1.538em;"></span></p> <p> </p> </div> <nav class="nav-sub box-shadow"> <ul style="background:#0598a3; 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