Shakespeare in Performance: Play
King Lear
| Title | King Lear |
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| Composition Date | 1605 |
| Year First Published | 1608 |
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Productions connected to King Lear
| Title | Year | Creator | Country | Type | Connection |
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| King Lear | 2012 | National Arts Centre English Theatre | Canada | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 2011 | Shakespeare by the Sea - Los Angeles | USA | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 2010 | The Bell Shakespeare Company | Australia | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 2008 | Shakespeare's Globe | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 2008 | Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival | USA | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 2008 | Nebraska Shakespeare Festival | USA | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 2008 | Trevor Nunn | UK | recorded | performance |
| chamber lear | 2008 | CHAMBERshakespearecompany | Scotland | stage | adaptation |
| König Lear | 2007 | Burgtheater | Austria | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 2006 | Shakespeare Santa Cruz | USA | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 2005 | Utah Shakespearean Festival | USA | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 2005 | Idaho Shakespeare Festival | USA | stage | performance |
| LEAR: Ovvero tutto su mio padre | 2004 | Shakespeare Festival im Globe Neuss | Germany | stage | interpretation |
| King Lear | 2003 | Shakespeare and Company | USA | stage | performance |
| King Of Texas | 2002 | Uli Edel | USA | recorded | adaptation |
| Shakespeare's World Cup | 2002 | Upstart Crow Theatre Group | Canada | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 2001 | Colorado Shakespeare Festival | USA | stage | performance |
| Lear '87 Archive | 2001 | Jill Godmilow | USA | recorded | documentary |
| My Kingdom | 2001 | Don Boyd | International | recorded | adaptation |
| Shakespeare Tragedies: Othello, Macbeth, King Lear | 2000 | USA | recorded | educational | |
| The King Is Alive | 2000 | Kristian Levring | International | recorded | derivative |
| King Lear | 1999 | Shakespeare Theatre Company | USA | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1999 | Shakespeare by the Sea - Halifax | Canada | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1998 | Richard Eyre | UK | recorded | interpretation |
| King Lear | 1998 | The Bell Shakespeare Company | Australia | stage | performance |
| A Thousand Acres | 1997 | Jocelyn Moorhouse | USA | recorded | adaptation |
| King Lear Jet (Just Shoot Me!) | 1997 | Lee Shallat Chemel | USA | recorded | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1995 | Nebraska Shakespeare Festival | USA | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1995 | Shakespeare Santa Cruz | USA | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1994 | Bard on the Beach | Canada | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1993 | Colorado Shakespeare Festival | USA | stage | performance |
| König Lear | 1992 | Staatsschauspiel Dresden | Germany | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1991 | Brian Blessed | UK | recorded | interpretation |
| King Lear | 1991 | American Repertory Theatre | USA | stage | performance |
| A.K.: The Making of Ran | 1988 | Chris Marker | Japan | recorded | documentary |
| King Lear | 1987 | Jean-Luc Godard | France | recorded | derivative |
| King Lear | 1986 | Colorado Shakespeare Festival | USA | stage | performance |
| Shakespeare's King Lear and the Middle Ages | 1985 | USA | recorded | educational | |
| Shakespeare: King Lear: Workshops I and II | 1985 | GB | recorded | documentary | |
| King Lear | 1984 | Idaho Shakespeare Festival | USA | stage | performance |
| Ran ["Chaos"] | 1984 | Akira Kurosawa | Japan | recorded | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1983 | Michael Elliott | GB | recorded | interpretation |
| King Real and the Hoodlums | 1983 | John Fox | GB | recorded | burlesque |
| The Dresser | 1983 | Andy Armstrong | GB | recorded | derivative |
| King Lear | 1982 | Jonathan Miller | GB | recorded | teleplay |
| King Lear | 1982 | GB | recorded | documentary | |
| Köning Lear. [King Lear] | 1982 | Erik Vos | Netherlands | recorded | recording |
| Morris Carnovsky Performs Shakespeare | 1982 | USA | recorded | documentary | |
| Stages: Houseman Directs Lear | 1981 | USA | recorded | documentary | |
| King Lear | 1980 | Julian Lopez-Morillas | USA | recorded | recording |
| King Lear | 1980 | GB | recorded | recording | |
| King Lear | 1979 | Colorado Shakespeare Festival | USA | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1976 | Oregon Shakespeare Festival | USA | stage | performance |
| Harry and Tonto | 1974 | Paul Mazursky | USA | recorded | derivative |
| King Lear | 1973 | Edward Sherin | USA | recorded | teleplay |
| Re Lear, de un'idea di gran teatro di William Shakespeare | 1972 | Mario Ricci | Italy | recorded | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1971 | Colorado Shakespeare Festival | USA | stage | performance |
| King Lear: An Introduction | 1969 | GB | recorded | abridgment | |
| King Lear: Who Is It Who Can Tell Me Who I Am? | 1969 | Canada | recorded | documentary | |
| Karol Lear: [King Lear] | 1967 | Grigori Kozintsev | USSR | recorded | adaptation |
| König Lear | 1967 | Staatsschauspiel Dresden | Germany | stage | performance |
| Albert van Dalsum, man van het toneel | 1964 | Jvd Vondel | Netherlands | recorded | documentary |
| King Lear | 1964 | USA | recorded | abridgment | |
| King Lear | 1961 | Colorado Shakespeare Festival | USA | stage | performance |
| The Big Show | 1961 | James B. Clark | International | recorded | derivative |
| King Lear | 1958 | Oregon Shakespeare Festival | USA | stage | performance |
| Broken Lance | 1954 | Edward Dmytryk | USA | recorded | derivative |
| King Lear | 1954 | USA | recorded | scene(s) | |
| King Lear | 1953 | Peter Brook | USA | recorded | abridgment |
| King Lear | 1948 | GB | recorded | teleplay | |
| Yiddish King Lear | 1935 | Harry Thomashefsky | USA | recorded | derivative |
| König Lear | 1929 | Staatsschauspiel Dresden | Germany | stage | performance |
| Success | 1923 | Ralph Ince | USA | recorded | excerpt(s) |
| King Lear | 1916 | Ernest Warde | USA | recorded | abridgment |
| König Lear | 1916 | Staatsschauspiel Dresden | Germany | stage | performance |
| Le roi Lear au village | 1911 | Louis Feuillade | France | recorded | derivative |
| King Lear | 1910 | Giuseppe De Liguoro | Italy | recorded | abridgment |
| Re Lear. [King Lear] | 1910 | Gerolamo Lo Savio | Italy | recorded | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1909 | William Ranous | USA | recorded | abridgment |
| King Lear | 1905 | Germany | recorded | abridgment | |
| King Lear (Reflections) | GB | recorded | derivative | ||
| Shakespeare | GB | recorded | documentary |
Characters
- King Lear (King of Britain)
- Goneril (Daughter to Lear)
- Regan (Daughter to Lear)
- Cordelia (Daughter to Lear)
- Fool (To Lear)
- King of France
- Duke of Burgundy
- Duke of Cornwall (Husband to Regan)
- Duke of Albany (Husband to Goneril)
- Earl of Kent
- Earl of Gloucester
- Edgar (Son to Gloucester)
- Edmund (Bastard son to Gloucester)
- Curan (A courtier)
- Old Man (Tenant to Gloucester)
- Doctor
- Oswald (Steward to Goneril)
- Captain (Employed by Edmund)
- Gentleman (Attendant on Cordelia)
- Herald
- Servant to Cornwall
- Knight (Of Lear's train)
- Officer
- Messenger
- Soldier
- Attendant