King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, named for the pseudohistorical king of Britannia Leir of Britain.
King Lear may also refer to a number of performances of King Lear, the lead and eponymous character, or works derived from it, including:
Plays King Leir, an anonymous Elizabethan play thought to be a source for Shakespeare's play The History of King Lear, a rewritten version of King Lear by Nahum Tate in 1681 The Yiddish King Lear, an 1892 adaption by Jacob Gordin, set in the mid-19th century
Film and television
King Lear (1910 film), an Italian silent film King Lear (1916 film), an American silent film King Lear (1953 film), an American live television adaptation play staged by Peter Brook, starring Orson Welles King Lear (1971 USSR film), a film by Grigori Kozintsev King Lear (1971 British film), a film starring Paul Scofield King Lear, a 1982 production of BBC Television Shakespeare King Lear (1983 film), a British television drama starring Laurence Olivier King Lear (1987 film), an American film by Jean-Luc Godard King Lear, a 1997 Swedish television film starring Anders Andersson King Lear, a 1998 British television film by Richard Eyre starring Ian Holm, in his National Theatre production King Lear (1999 film), a British film starring Brian Blessed The Tragedy of King Lear (screenplay) an unpublished screenplay by Harold Pinter written in 2000 King Lear (2008 film), a British film starring Ian McKellen King Lear (2018 film), a British film starring Anthony Hopkins
Music and opera Le roi Lear (1831 overture), a concert overture by Hector Berlioz Lear (opera), a 1978 opera by Aribert Reimann Kuningas Lear, a 2000 opera by Aulis Sallinen
Other uses Charles Bernard Lear (1891–1976), American baseball player known as King Lear