In 1976, Kline left The Acting Company and settled in New York City, doing a brief appearance as the character "Woody Reed" in the now-defunct soap opera Search for Tomorrow.
In the ensuing years, Kline appeared many times in New York Shakespeare Festival productions of Shakespeare plays, including starring roles in Richard III (1983),[REF] Much Ado About Nothing (1988),[REF] Henry V (1984),[REF] and two productions of Hamlet, in 1986[REF] and 1990 (which he also directed) [REF].