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King Lear is a tragey by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1603 and 1606, and is considered one of his greatest works. The play is based on the legend of King Leir of Britain. It has been widely adapted for stage and screen, with the part of Lear being played by many of the world's most accomplished actors.

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  • Robert Armin played the role of the fool in "As You Like It", in "Twelfth Night" & in this tragedy 1st published in 1608
  • Beloved father of Cordelia, less beloved father of Goneril & Regan
  • When he mistakes frankness for lack of affection, this king rejects his only loyal daughter
  • Molly Ringwald played Cordelia in Jean-Luc Godard's unique version of this tragedy
  • "Upon such sacrifices, my Cordelia, the gods themselves throw incense"
  • In 1964 Diana Rigg appeared as Adriana in "The Comedy of Errors" & Cordelia in this tragedy
  • According to this title Shakespeare character, "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is, to have a thankless child"
  • In Act I of this play, Cordelia says, "What shall Cordelia speak? Love, and be silent"
  • Name this tragedy:"Love you.""Love you.""Speak. ...Nothing will come of nothing!""Hmph!""Hmph!""Huh? I should go mad! Blbl-blbl-blbl-blbl-bl! Oh, no life! Oh!"
  • "Let not women's weapons, water drops, stain my man's cheeks", says this title Shakespeare guy to daughter Regan
  • Edgar disguises himself as a mad beggar in this tragedy about a mad king
  • Kurosawa's "Ran", an adaptation of this play, is set in 16th c. Japan & deals with 2 treacherous sons & one good one
  • Ungrateful daughters are featured in an 1870 Turgenev story inspired by & named for this Shakespeare play
  • In this play the Duke of Albany is Goneril's husband
  • George Orwell griped about this kingly tragedy: "One wicked daughter would have been quite enough"
  • Tragic title character whose lines are heard here:
  • This king has a fool, said to represent truth, who speaks in rhymes & songs
  • "Cordelia"
  • It sounds to me like it's about the leader of lascivious oglers
  • Cordelia's 1st words in this play are "What shall Cordelia speak? Love, and be silent"
  • Never trust a woman whose words are too flattering--like Goneril in this play
  • This guy says to Cordelia, "Better thou hadst not been born than not t' have pleased me better" or... you're fired!
  • OMG! This king is so kidding with his rejection of Cordelia, who--hello--totally loves him
  • This king's fool tells him, "I am better than thou art now; I am a fool, thou art nothing"
  • He tells his daughter Cordelia "I fear I am not in my perfect mind"
  • His youngest daughter, Cordelia, shares his stubbornness & refuses to flatter him like her sisters
  • Before disinheriting Cordelia, this man warns her, "Nothing will come of nothing"
  • "Regal kin"
  • Christopher Plummer is seen here in his searing 2004 performance as this mad monarch
  • This tragic king cries, "Keep me in temper; I would not be mad"
  • Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown; cruelty of 2 older daughters driving him mad; jesting fool not helping
  • "Ran" a 1985 Japanese film about an aging warlord, was an adaptation of this Shakespeare tragedy
  • Johnny was mad about playing this title character: "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child"
  • 3 dead daughters, by poison, hanging & suicide; I wouldn't want to write the family Christmas card... this year
  • Gloucester: Ow, my eyes! /Love you more than she does, Dad! /A high body count
  • This tragic & foolish king's last words are "Do you see this? Look on her! Look--her lips! Look there!"
  • Demented dad:LINK RAGE
  • His daughters drive this man to cry out, "I am a man more sinned against than sinning"
  • Goneril, Act II, Scene iv:"At your choice, sir"
  • The first direction in this play:"Enter Kent, Gloucester, and Edmund"
  • This title king says, "I am a man more sinn'd against than sinning"
  • The life of this legendary king of Britain was fodder for a Shakespeare tragedy in 1605
  • This title guy dies of a broken heart as he kneels over the body of his youngest daughter
  • The Earl of Kent: "I thought the king had more affected the Duke of Albany than Cornwall"
  • In Scene I of this play, the title monarch announces, "Know that we have divided in three our kingdom"
  • Wacky sisters Goneril & Regan live next door & make life tough for plucky Cordy & this title guy
  • Nahum Tate's 1681 adaptation of this play omitted the Fool & added a love affair between Edgar & Cordelia
  • "Did my father strike my gentleman for chiding of his fool?" is one of Goneril's lines in this play
  • The fool & the Dukes of Cornwall & Albany
  • King who was dad to these 3 girls: Goneril, Regan & Cordelia
  • Albany, Kent & Edgar are the last speakers in this tragedy
  • A 1985 film by Akira Kurosawa:"Ran"
  • "Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! I haven't been this cold in weeks!"
  • Patrick Stewart played a cattle baron dividing his empire among his 3 daughters in "King of Texas", based on this play
  • "I am a very foolish fond old man", he tells his daughter Cordelia
  • Peter Straub & Danielle Steel both came "Full Circle", spoken by Edmund in this Shakespearean tragedy
  • "My father compounded with my mother under the dragon's tail", laments Gloucester's son in this play
  • "I am a man more sinned against than sinning"
  • This tragic title character laments, "I am a man more sinned against than sinning"
  • His fool calls him a fool, saying, "All thy other titles thou hast given away; that thou wast born with"
  • Shortly before he dies this king laments, "And my poor fool is hang'd!"

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