King Lear
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Genre | Play (Theatre), Tragedy |
| Original Language | English |
| First published | 1608 |
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| Notes | King Lear is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It depicts the gradual descent into madness of the title character, after he disposes of his kingdom by giving bequests to two of his three daughters egged on by their continual flattery, bringing tragic consequences for all. The first attribution to Shakespeare of this play, originally drafted in 1605 or 1606 at the latest with its first known performance on St. Stephen's Day in 1606, was a 1608 publication in a quarto of uncertain provenance, in which the play is listed as a history; it may be an early draft or simply reflect the first performance text. The Tragedy of King Lear, a more theatrical revision, was included in the 1623 First Folio. |
Editions 15
Add Edition | The Handy-Volume Shakspeare Vol. XII.; King Lear | Cymbeline | Titus Andronicus | Hardback | English | London | 1872 |
 | King Lear | Pocket book | English | London, UK; New York, USA | 1895-10 |
 | Король Лир | Paperback | Russian | USSR, Moscow | 1965 |
 | King Lear | Paperback | English | Great Britain | 1972 |
 | King Lear | Paperback | English | New York, USA | 1972 |
 | King Lear | Paperback | English | London | 1972 |
 | King Lear | Mass-Market Paperback | English | United States & Canada | 1993 |
 | Lear király | Paperback | Hungarian | Budapest | 1993 |
 | King Lear | Trade Paperback | English | England | 1999 |
 | Kuningas Lear | Hardback | Finnish | Finland | 2005 |
 | Lear Király | e-Book | Hungarian | Budapest | 2015 |
 | Lear Király | e-Book | Hungarian | Budapest | 2015 |
 | King Lear - König Lear | Paperback | English | Germany | 2018 |
 | Dylan Thomas Reading King Lear And The Duchess Of Malfi | Audiobook | English | ||
 | King Lear | Hardback | English | Cambridge, England |
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