King Lear

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/King_Lear

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:play
gptkbp:adaptation	gptkb:King_of_Texas_(TV_film) gptkb:Nahum_Tate's_adaptation A Thousand Acres (novel and film) Akira Kurosawa's film Ran
gptkbp:author	gptkb:William_Shakespeare
gptkbp:basedOn	legend of Leir of Britain
gptkbp:dateWritten	1605
gptkbp:firstPerformed	1606
gptkbp:genre	tragedy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	King Lear
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Holinshed's_Chronicles gptkb:The_True_Chronicle_History_of_King_Leir
gptkbp:language	English
gptkbp:mainCharacter	gptkb:Gloucester gptkb:King_Lear gptkb:Regan gptkb:Kent gptkb:Cordelia gptkb:Edgar gptkb:Edmund gptkb:Goneril gptkb:The_Fool
gptkbp:notablePerformance	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)
gptkbp:notableQuote	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.
gptkbp:numberOfActs	5
gptkbp:publishedIn	gptkb:First_Folio_(1623) gptkb:First_Quarto_(1608)
gptkbp:setting	gptkb:Ancient_Britain
gptkbp:subjectOf	film adaptations literary criticism academic analysis ballet adaptations modern reinterpretations numerous stage productions opera adaptations radio adaptations television adaptations theatrical revivals
gptkbp:theme	gptkb:family betrayal justice loyalty madness nature power blindness
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Shakespeare gptkb:Glenn_Close
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4