Use our free chapter-by-chapter summary and analysis of King Lear. It helps middle and high school students understand William Shakespeare's literary masterpiece.
King Lear: Directed by Jean-Luc Godard. With Woody Allen, Freddy Buache, Leos Carax, Julie Delpy. A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civilization.
King Lear: Directed by Peter Brook. With Paul Scofield, Irene Worth, Cyril Cusack, Susan Engel. King Lear divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia refuses to idly flatter the o
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Lewis Theobald thought that Shakespeare gave a tragic ending to his King Lear 'to vary from another, but most execrable, Dramatic Performance upon this Story: which I certainly believe to have preceded our Author's Piece'. From that work, the anonymous True Chronicle History of King Leir (16...
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King Lear: Directed by Peter Brook. With Paul Scofield, Irene Worth, Cyril Cusack, Susan Engel. King Lear divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia refuses to idly flatter the o
Lewis Theobald thought that Shakespeare gave a tragic ending to his King Lear 'to vary from another, but most execrable, Dramatic Performance upon this Story: which I certainly believe to have preceded our Author's Piece'. From that work, the anonymous True Chronicle History of King Leir (...
MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic