King Lear (disambiguation)
King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, written c1603–1606
King Lear may also refer to:
People:
- Leir of Britain, the pseudohistorical king of Britannia for whom the Shakespeare character is named
- King Lear (baseball), nickname of professional baseball player Charles Bernard Lear (1891–1976)
Television and film:
- King Lear (1910 film), an Italian silent film
- King Lear (1916 film), an American silent film
- King Lear (1953 film), an abridged American live telecast for Omnibus starring Orson Welles
- King Lear (1971 USSR film), a 1971 USSR film directed by Grigori Kozintsev
- King Lear (1971 UK film), a 1971 UK film starring Paul Scofield
- King Lear (1983 film), a 1983 UK television drama starring Laurence Olivier
- BBC Television Shakespeare - Season Five - King Lear (1982) starring Michael Hordern.
- King Lear (1987 film), a 1987 film directed by Jean-Luc Godard
- King Lear (1997 film), a 1997 Swedish television film, starring Anders Andersson (actor)
- King Lear (1998 film), a 1998 television film starring Ian Holm
- King Lear (1999 film), a 1999 film starring Brian Blessed
- King Lear (2008 film), a British film starring Ian McKellen
Theatre:
- The History of King Lear, a 1681 rewritten version of King Lear by Nahum Tate
- The Yiddish King Lear, an 1892 adaption by Jacob Gordin, set in the mid-19th century
Music:
- Le roi Lear, a concert overture by Hector Berlioz
- Lear, an opera by Aribert Reimann
- Kuningas Lear, an opera by Aulis Sallinen
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