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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:play
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gptkbp:adaptation
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gptkb:King_of_Texas_(TV_film)
gptkb:Nahum_Tate's_adaptation
A Thousand Acres (novel and film)
Akira Kurosawa's film Ran
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gptkbp:author
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gptkb:William_Shakespeare
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gptkbp:basedOn
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legend of Leir of Britain
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gptkbp:dateWritten
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1605
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gptkbp:firstPerformed
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1606
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gptkbp:genre
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tragedy
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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King Lear
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:Holinshed's_Chronicles
gptkb:The_True_Chronicle_History_of_King_Leir
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:mainCharacter
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gptkb:Gloucester
gptkb:King_Lear
gptkb:Regan
gptkb:Kent
gptkb:Cordelia
gptkb:Edgar
gptkb:Edmund
gptkb:Goneril
gptkb:The_Fool
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gptkbp:notablePerformance
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gptkb:Derek_Jacobi
gptkb:Ian_McKellen
gptkb:James_Earl_Jones
gptkb:Kevin_Kline
gptkb:Laurence_Olivier
gptkb:Michael_Gambon
gptkb:Sam_Waterston
gptkb:Tom_Wilkinson
gptkb:Paul_Scofield
gptkb:Simon_Russell_Beale
gptkb:Orson_Welles
gptkb:Peter_Ustinov
gptkb:Alec_Guinness
gptkb:John_Gielgud
gptkb:Anthony_Hopkins
gptkb:Christopher_Plummer
gptkb:Frank_Langella
gptkb:George_C._Scott
gptkb:Colm_Feore
gptkb:Brian_Blessed
gptkb:Donald_Sinden
gptkb:Jürgen_Holtz
gptkb:Peter_Brook_(director)
Glenda Jackson
Cordelia (role played by many actresses)
Richard Burbage (original Lear)
Robert Armin (original Fool)
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gptkbp:notableQuote
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Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks!
I am a man more sinned against than sinning.
Nothing will come of nothing.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!
When we are born, we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools.
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gptkbp:numberOfActs
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5
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gptkbp:publishedIn
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gptkb:First_Folio_(1623)
gptkb:First_Quarto_(1608)
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gptkbp:setting
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gptkb:Ancient_Britain
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gptkbp:subjectOf
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film adaptations
literary criticism
academic analysis
ballet adaptations
modern reinterpretations
numerous stage productions
opera adaptations
radio adaptations
television adaptations
theatrical revivals
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gptkbp:theme
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gptkb:family
betrayal
justice
loyalty
madness
nature
power
blindness
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Shakespeare
gptkb:Glenn_Close
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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