King Lear (disambiguation)

King Lear is a play by William Shakespeare, written around 1603-1606, and considered one of his "tragedies".

King Lear may also refer to:

People:

• Leir of Britain, the mythological Roman king for whom the Shakespeare play 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 (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
• King Lear (1987 film), a 1987 futuristic film by Jean-Luc Godard very loosely based on Shakespeare's play
• 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, overture by Hector Berlioz
• Lear, opera by Aribert Reimann
• Kuningas Lear, opera by Aulis Sallinen closely based on Shakespeare