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King Lear is a tragedy by
William Shakespeare , named for the pseudohistorical king of Britannia
Leir of Britain .
King Lear may also refer to a number of performances of
King Lear , or works derived from it:
The History of King Lear (1681 play) , a rewritten version of King Lear by Nahum Tate
Le roi Lear (1831 overture), a
concert overture by Hector Berlioz
The Yiddish King Lear (1892 play) , an adaption by Jacob Gordin, set in the mid-19th century
King Lear (1910 film) , an Italian silent film
King Lear (1916 film) , an American silent film
King Lear (1953 film) , a film starring Orson Welles
King Lear (1971 USSR film) , a film by Grigori Kozintsev
King Lear (1971 British film) , a film starring Paul Scofield
Lear (1978 opera) , an opera by Aribert Reimann
King Lear , a 1982 production of
BBC Television Shakespeare
King Lear (1983 film) , a UK television drama starring Laurence Olivier
King Lear (1987 film) , a film by Jean-Luc Godard
King Lear (1997 film) , a Swedish television film starring
Anders Andersson
King Lear (1998 film) , a
1998 British television film starring Ian Holm
King Lear (1999 film) , a film starring Brian Blessed
Kuningas Lear (2000 opera) , an opera by Aulis Sallinen*
King Lear (2008 film) , a British film starring Ian McKellen
The Tragedy of King Lear (2000 screenplay) , an unpublished screenplay by Harold Pinter
King Lear (2018 film) , a British film starring Anthony Hopkins
Additionally, King Lear may refer to
Topics referred to by the same term