King Lear

Video:

	click to watch: "King Lear (Clip 1)"	Excerpt from Act 1, Scene 1: King Lear's palace. Actors:Julian Glover (King Lear),Estelle Kohler (Goneril), Nancy Carroll (Cordelia), Alexandra Gilbreath (Regan) Clip Length: 1 min 21 sec
	click to watch: "King Lear (Clip 2)"	Excerpt from Act 5, Scene 3: The British camp near Dover. Actors: Julian Glover (King Lear), Jo Stone Fewings (Edgar), Ray Fearon (Albany) Clip Length: 1 min 22 sec
	click to watch: "King Lear (clip 3)"	Excerpt from Act 3, Scene 2: Another part of the heath. Storm Still. Actors: Julian Glover (King Lear), Adrian Schiller (Fool) Clip Length: 1 min 28 sec
	Performed by: The Royal Shakespeare Company (www.rsc.org.uk) Due to heavy demand, video may not always be available - especially during peak hours of 5pm to midnight ET. Please try back later if you are having problems.

Synopsis:

Three daughters.
Two Liars.
And a King grown old but not wise.

Power is the prize, but power shall be damned by lies.

"King Lear": Fate loves a fool

Rated NC-17. Sadistic violence, and pants on fire

"These octogenarians of today – no respect for their elders."
- Lazarus

History:

Probably written between 1605 and 1606

Revised version probably written in the winter of 1609-10

Proabably first published in 1608

You can read the full text of
"King Lear" at MIT.edu:
"King Lear: Entire Play"

You can find a full synopsis of
"King Lear" at Bardweb.net:
"Shakespeare Resource Center - King Lear"