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 | 2014 | Seattle Shakespeare Company | USA | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 2014 | Free Shakespeare in the Park — Public Theater | USA | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 2014 | Stratford Festival of Canada | Canada | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 2014 | Stratford Festival of Canada | Canada | stage | performance |
| Shakespeare's Globe: King Lear | 2014 | Shakespeare's Globe | International | stage | performance |
| The History of King Lear as adapted by Nahum Tate | 2014 | The Slightly Skewed Shakespeare Series | USA | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 2013 | Oregon Shakespeare Festival | USA | stage | performance |
| 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 |
| King Lear | 2007 | Royal Shakespeare Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 2007 | Stratford Festival of Canada | Canada | stage | performance |
| König Lear | 2007 | Burgtheater | Austria | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 2006 | Shakespeare Santa Cruz | USA | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 2006 | Yellow Earth Theatre | Canada | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 2005 | Utah Shakespearean Festival | USA | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 2005 | Idaho Shakespeare Festival | USA | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 2004 | Oregon Shakespeare Festival | USA | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 2004 | Royal Shakespeare Company | UK | 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 Lear | 2002 | Royal Shakespeare Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 2002 | Royal Shakespeare Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 2002 | Stratford Festival of Canada | Canada | 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 |
| The King is Alive | 2001 | Søren Kragh-Jacobsen | USA | 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 | 1999 | Royal Shakespeare Company | Japan | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1999 | Royal Shakespeare Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1999 | Royal Shakespeare Company | UK | 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 | 1997 | Oregon Shakespeare Festival | USA | stage | performance |
| King Lear Jet (Just Shoot Me!) | 1997 | Lee Shallat Chemel | USA | recorded | adaptation |
| Lear | 1997 | Japan | stage | adaptation | |
| King Lear | 1996 | Stratford Festival of Canada | Canada | stage | performance |
| 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 | 1994 | Royal Shakespeare Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1994 | Royal Shakespeare Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1993 | Colorado Shakespeare Festival | USA | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1993 | Royal Shakespeare Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1992 | Oregon 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 |
| King Lear | 1991 | Royal Shakespeare Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1990 | Royal Shakespeare Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1989 | Royal Shakespeare Company | UK | stage | performance |
| A.K.: The Making of Ran | 1988 | Chris Marker | Japan | recorded | documentary |
| King Lear | 1988 | Stratford Festival of Canada | Canada | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1987 | Jean-Luc Godard | France | recorded | derivative |
| King Lear | 1986 | Colorado Shakespeare Festival | USA | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1985 | Oregon Shakespeare Festival | USA | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1985 | Stratford Festival of Canada | Canada | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1985 | Stratford Festival of Canada | Canada | 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 Lear | 1983 | Royal Shakespeare Company | UK | stage | performance |
| 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 | |
| King Lear | 1982 | Royal Shakespeare Company | UK | stage | performance |
| 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 | 1980 | Stratford Festival of Canada | Canada | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1979 | Colorado Shakespeare Festival | USA | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1979 | Stratford Festival of Canada | Canada | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1977 | Royal Shakespeare Company | UK | stage | performance |
| Lear | 1977 | Nouveau Théâtre Experimentale de Montreal | Canada | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1976 | Oregon Shakespeare Festival | USA | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1976 | Royal Shakespeare Company | UK | stage | performance |
| Harry and Tonto | 1974 | Paul Mazursky | USA | recorded | derivative |
| King Lear | 1974 | Royal Shakespeare Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1973 | Edward Sherin | USA | recorded | teleplay |
| King Lear | 1973 | Stratford Festival of Canada | Canada | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1972 | Stratford Festival of Canada | Canada | stage | performance |
| 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 | 1964 | Oregon Shakespeare Festival | USA | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1964 | Royal Shakespeare Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1964 | Stratford Festival of Canada | Canada | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1963 | Royal Shakespeare Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1963 | Royal Shakespeare Company | France | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1962 | Royal Shakespeare Company | UK | stage | performance |
| 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 | 1951 | Oregon Shakespeare Festival | USA | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1948 | GB | recorded | teleplay | |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1946 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| 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 | 1778 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1778 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1778 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1777 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1777 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1777 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1776 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1776 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1776 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1776 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1776 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1774 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1774 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1774 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1773 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1773 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1773 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1773 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1773 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1773 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1771 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1771 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1770 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1770 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1770 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1770 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1770 | UK | stage | adaptation | |
| King Lear | 1770 | UK | stage | adaptation | |
| King Lear | 1769 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1768 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1767 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1767 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1767 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1767 | UK | stage | adaptation | |
| King Lear | 1767 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1767 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1767 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1766 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1766 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1766 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1766 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1766 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1766 | UK | stage | adaptation | |
| King Lear | 1766 | UK | stage | adaptation | |
| King Lear | 1766 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1766 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1766 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1766 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1765 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1765 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1765 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1765 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1765 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1765 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1765 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1765 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1765 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1765 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1765 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1765 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1765 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1764 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1764 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1764 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1764 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1764 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1763 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1763 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1762 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1762 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1762 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1761 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1761 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1760 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1759 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1759 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1759 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1758 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1758 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1758 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1758 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1757 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1757 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1757 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1757 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1757 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1756 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1756 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1756 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1756 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1756 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1756 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1756 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1756 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1755 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1755 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1755 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1755 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1755 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1753 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1753 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1753 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1752 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1752 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1752 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1752 | The Covent Garden Company | Turkey | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1752 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1752 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1751 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1750 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1750 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1749 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1749 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1749 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1748 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1748 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1748 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1748 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1748 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1748 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1748 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1748 | Southwark | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1747 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1747 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1747 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1746 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1746 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The Tragical History of King Lear | 1746 | Goodman's Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1746 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1745 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1745 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1745 | Goodman's Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1744 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1744 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1744 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1744 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1744 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1744 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Antient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1744 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1743 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1743 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1743 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1743 | Lincoln's Inn Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1743 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1743 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1743 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1743 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | performance |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1743 | Lincoln's Inn Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1743 | Lincoln's Inn Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1743 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1743 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Antient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1743 | The Drury Lane Company | Canada | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1742 | Goodman's Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1742 | Goodman's Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1742 | Goodman's Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1742 | Goodman's Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1742 | Goodman's Fields | Canada | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1742 | Goodman's Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1742 | Goodman's Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1742 | Goodman's Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1742 | Goodman's Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1742 | Goodman's Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1742 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1742 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1742 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1742 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1742 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1742 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | performance |
| The True and Antient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1742 | Goodman's Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Antient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1742 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1741 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1741 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1739 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1739 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1738 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1737 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1737 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1736 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1736 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1736 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1735 | Goodman's Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1735 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1735 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1735 | Lincoln's Inn Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1735 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1735 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1735 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1734 | Goodman's Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1734 | Goodman's Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Antient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1734 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1733 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Antient History of King Lear | 1733 | Goodman's Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Antient History of King Lear and His Daughters | 1733 | Goodman's Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Antient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1733 | Goodman's Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Antient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1733 | The Covent Garden Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1732 | Lincoln's Inn Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1732 | Lincoln's Inn Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1731 | Lincoln's Inn Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1731 | Lincoln's Inn Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1730 | Lincoln's Inn Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1730 | Goodman's Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1730 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1730 | Goodman's Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1730 | Goodman's Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Antient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1730 | Goodman's Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Antient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1730 | Goodman's Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Antient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1730 | Lincoln's Inn Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1729 | Lincoln's Inn Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1729 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Antient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1729 | Lincoln's Inn Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient HIstory of King Lear and HIs Three Daughters | 1728 | Lincoln's Inn Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient HIstory of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1727 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1727 | Lincoln's Inn Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1727 | Lincoln's Inn Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1727 | Lincoln's Inn Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear | 1726 | Lincoln's Inn Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1726 | Lincoln's Inn Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1726 | Lincoln's Inn Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1726 | Lincoln's Inn Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1726 | Lincoln's Inn Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1726 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1725 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1725 | Lincoln's Inn Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1725 | Lincoln's Inn Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1725 | Lincoln's Inn Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1725 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient HIstory of King Lear and HIs Three Daughters | 1724 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient HIstory of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1724 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and HIs Three Daughters | 1724 | Lincoln's Inn Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and HIs Three Daughters | 1724 | Lincoln's Inn Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1724 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1724 | Lincoln's Inn Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and HIs Three Daughters | 1723 | Lincoln's Inn Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1723 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1723 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear of His Three Daughters | 1723 | Lincoln's Inn Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1722 | Lincoln's Inn Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1722 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1722 | Lincoln's Inn Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1722 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1722 | Lincoln's Inn Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1722 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1721 | Lincoln's Inn Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1721 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1721 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1721 | Lincoln's Inn Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1721 | Lincoln's Inn Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1721 | Lincoln's Inn Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1721 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1721 | Lincoln's Inn Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1721 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear | 1720 | Lincoln's Inn Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear | 1720 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1720 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1720 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1720 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1720 | Lincoln's Inn Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1720 | Lincoln's Inn Fields | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1719 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear | 1718 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1718 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1718 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1717 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1716 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1716 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1715 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1715 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1714 | UK | stage | adaptation | |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1714 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear | 1713 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear | 1713 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear | 1712 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear | 1712 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear | 1711 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History or King Lear and His Thee Daughters | 1711 | UK | stage | adaptation | |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1710 | Betterton's Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1710 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1709 | Betterton's Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1708 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1708 | Betterton's Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Antient History of King Lear | 1707 | Betterton's Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1706 | Queen's | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Antient History of King Lear | 1706 | Betterton's Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1705 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1704 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The True and Ancient History of King Lear and His Three Daughters | 1703 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The Ancient History of King Lear | 1702 | The Drury Lane Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear [Altered from William Shakespeare by Nahum Tate.] | 1699 | Christopher Rich's Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear [Altered from William Shakespeare by Nahum Tate.] | 1688 | United Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear [Altered from William Shakespeare by Nahum Tate.] | 1687 | United Company | UK | stage | adaptation |
| The History of King Lear. [Altered from William Shakespeare by Nahum Tate.] | 1681 | Duke of York's Company | England | stage | adaptation |
| King Lear | 1675 | Duke of York's Company | England | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1664 | Duke of York's Company | England | stage | performance |
| King Lear | 1606 | stage | performance | ||
| 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
Scene reviews
- "All my hair in knots": King Lear at the Public Theater free Shakespeare in the Park -
King Lear (2014, Free Shakespeare in the Park — Public Theater, USA) - Shall We Not See These Daughters? King Lear at Ashland - King Lear (2013, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA)
- King Lear at the National Arts Center - King Lear (2012, National Arts Centre English Theatre, Canada)
- Strong Leads Drive Shakespeare by the Sea's King Lear - King Lear (2011, Shakespeare by the Sea - Los Angeles, USA)
- King Lear at The Globe - King Lear (2008, Shakespeare's Globe, UK)