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- The first known performance of any version of Shakespeare's play was on Saint Stephen's Day in 1606.
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There is no direct evidence to indicate when King Lear was written or first performed. It is thought to have been composed sometime between 1603 and 1606. A Stationers' Register entry notes a performance before James I on 26 December 1606.
King Lear was first printed in 1608. Sources Shakespeare's seventeenth-century audience would have been familiar with the story of King Lear through a combination of myth, legend and history.
- Nahum Tate's King Lear
- 20th Century Performances
- Lear in Film
After the Restoration, in the latter part of the 17th century, King Learwas to be seen on the stage only in the adapted form devised by Nahum Tate. This version held the stage from 1681 to 1838. Tate famously described Shakespeare's original as: "a heap of jewels unstrung and unpolished". Under Tate's bold hands, the play was much altered with sign...
In the 20th century, John Gielgud was the actor who most frequently grappled with the demands of the play, both directing and acting in it throughout his long career. He first played the role in 1931, at the age of 27 and his final performance was in the Renaissance Theatre Company's radio production in 1994, at the age of 90. His performance at th...
Grigori Kozintsev directed a powerful and moving film version of the play in 1970, in a translation by Boris Pasternak. A year later, Peter Brook's boldly stylized film was released. This was based on Brook's 1962 production of the play at Stratford and Paul Scofield again played the title role. In 1982 Michael Hordern played Lear in the BBC TV ser...
The History of King Lear was first performed in 1681, in the Duke's Theatre in London, with the leading roles taken by Thomas Betterton (as Lear) and Elizabeth Barry (as Cordelia), both remembered now for their portrayal of Shakespeare's characters.
2 days ago · King Lear, tragedy in five acts by William Shakespeare, written in 1605–06 and published in a quarto edition in 1608, evidently based on Shakespeare’s unrevised working papers. The text of the First Folio of 1623 often differs markedly from the quarto text and seemingly represents a theatrical revision done by the author with some cuts ...
- David Bevington
The textual history of King Lear is complicated, from its first printing to how it is edited today. The play first appeared in 1608 as a quarto titled True Chronicle Historie of the life and death of King Lear (Q1).
This timeline charts our productions of King Lear from 1962 to today. From simple sets to epic grandeur, and crowns to Christmas hats, follow the production history of Shakespeare's great tragedy.
