Complex sentence: Hunter was the first female British actor to play "King Lear" professionally and has played a number of other male characters including in "The Bee", directed by Hideki Noda, which played at the Soho Theatre in June 2006 and 2012.
Split into simpler sentences: Hunter was the first female British actor to play "King Lear" professionally. Hunter has played a number of other male characters including in "The Bee", directed by Hideki Noda, which played at the Soho Theatre in June 2006 and 2012.