King Lear
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King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare that portrays an aging monarch’s descent into madness after he divides his kingdom among his daughters, exploring themes of power, loyalty, and human suffering.
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| instanceOf |
Shakespearean tragedy
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literary work ⓘ play ⓘ |
| author | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Historia Regum Britanniae
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Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae
legend of Leir of Britain ⓘ |
| climax | battle between forces of Lear and Cordelia and their enemies ⓘ |
| compositionDate | circa 1605–1606 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| ending | tragic deaths of Lear and Cordelia ⓘ |
| firstFolioPublicationDate | 1623 ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | circa 1606 ⓘ |
| firstQuartoPublicationDate | 1608 ⓘ |
| genre | tragedy ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
King Lear
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Folio text of King Lear
King Lear self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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Quarto text of King Lear
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| influenced |
20th-century theatre and criticism
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modern interpretations of madness in drama ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Elizabethan and Jacobean drama ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | English Renaissance ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Cordelia
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Edgar ⓘ Edmund ⓘ Gloucester ⓘ Goneril ⓘ King Lear self-link ⓘ Regan ⓘ The Fool ⓘ |
| notableAdaptation |
Akira Kurosawa’s film Ran (1985), loosely based on King Lear
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film adaptation by Grigori Kozintsev (1971) ⓘ film adaptation by Peter Brook (1971) ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 5 ⓘ |
| openingEvent | Lear’s division of his kingdom among his daughters ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Early Modern English ⓘ |
| plotElement |
Cordelia
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Cordelia’s exile
Edmund’s betrayal of his father and brother ⓘ Gloucester’s blinding ⓘ Lear’s descent into madness ⓘ love test of Lear’s daughters ⓘ |
| setting | ancient Britain ⓘ |
| theme |
authority and kingship
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blindness and insight ⓘ family conflict ⓘ filial ingratitude ⓘ human suffering ⓘ justice ⓘ loyalty ⓘ madness ⓘ power ⓘ |
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King Lear (stage performances)
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King Lear (stage performances)
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Quarto text of King Lear
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Folio text of King Lear
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King Lear (starring Jonathan Pryce, 2012)
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Works of William Shakespeare
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"King Lear" (stage performances)
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King Lear in "King Lear"
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King Lear (Royal Shakespeare Company production)
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King Lear (stage production)
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Othello
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Shakespeare’s King Lear
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Judi Dench
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Judith Olivia Dench