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, including:
Plays
Film and television
Ascending chronological order
- King Lear (1910 film), an Italian silent film
- King Lear (1916 film), an American silent film
- King Lear (1953 film), an American live TV adaptation play staged by Peter Brook, starring Orson Welles
- King Lear (1971 USSR film), a film by Grigori Kozintsev
- King Lear (1971 British film), a film starring Paul Scofield
- King Lear, a 1982 production of BBC Television Shakespeare
- King Lear (1983 film), a British television drama starring Laurence Olivier
- King Lear (1987 film), an American film by Jean-Luc Godard
- King Lear, a 1997 Swedish television film starring Anders Andersson
- King Lear, a 1998 British television film by Richard Eyre starring Ian Holm, in his National Theatre production
- King Lear (1999 film), a British film starring Brian Blessed
- The Tragedy of King Lear (screenplay) an unpublished screenplay by Harold Pinter written in 2000
- King Lear (2008 film), a British film starring Ian McKellen
- King Lear (2018 film), a British film starring Anthony Hopkins
Music and opera
Other uses
Topics referred to by the same term