King Lear

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This play was re-imagined in "A Thousand Acres", a Midwest tale in which one of 3 sisters is cut out of their dad's will King Lear $600 J INSPIRED BY SHAKESPEARE 2024-06-27 #9134
A 1994 royal Disney film with serious uncle/nephew issues becomes a royal tragedy with serious daddy/ daughter issues The Lion King Lear $1,200 DJ SHAKESPEARE BEFORE & AFTER 2024-05-09 #9099
The title ruler is the father of Goneril, Regan & Cordelia:K.L. King Lear $300 J SHAKESPEARE PLAYS BY INITIALS 2023-12-06 #22
"It did always seem so to us: but now, in the division of the kingdom, it appears not which of the dukes he values most" King Lear $1,600 DJ FIRST SPEECHES IN SHAKESPEARE 2023-06-19 #8896
Act II of this play ends, "My Regan counsels well; come out o' the storm" King Lear $200 J LAST LINE OF A SHAKESPEARE ACT 2022-02-25 #8585
This king's fool berates him as a child, saying he's been playing "Bo-Peep", meaning peek-a-boo King Lear $400 J SPORTS & GAMES IN SHAKESPEARE 2021-03-09 #8352
"I can be patient, I can stay with Regan, I and my hundred knights" King Lear $400 J SEZ YOU, SHAKESPEARE! 2020-12-14 #8301
"I prithee, daughter, do not make me mad" King Lear $800 J THE SPEAKER IN SHAKESPEARE 2020-06-12 #8235
Act II of this play ends with Cornwall saying, "'Tis a wild night. My Regan counsels well. Come out o' the storm" King Lear $1,200 DJ SHAKESPEARE BY NIGHT 2020-01-28 #8147
A tragedy, act I, scene ii: "The Earl of Gloucester's castle" King Lear $1,000 J SETTING THE SCENE IN SHAKESPEARE 2019-11-08 #8090
"Tell me, my daughters... which of you shall we say doth love us most" King Lear $400 DJ QUOTING THE SHAKESPEARE CHARACTER 2019-06-12 #8013
It's time to play family feud! The fool is no fool; problems in the Regan administration King Lear $600 J SUMMING UP THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY 2019-01-04 #7900
Fox' "Empire" has been seen as a hip-hop take on this play, with Jamal Lyon as a gender-swapped Cordelia King Lear $400 DJ POP CULTURE ADAPTS SHAKESPEARE 2018-09-27 #7829
Including the duke of Cornwall, many end up dead in this royal play, by poison, suicide, hanging & causes unknown King Lear $1,000 J DEAD IN SHAKESPEARE 2018-07-20 #7810
Doctor, Duke of Cornwall, Goneril King Lear $600 J SHAKESPEARE PLAY BY GRADUALLY EASIER CHARACTER 2017-12-13 #7653
2 ladies in this tragedy, playing rough in Gloucester's castle: "Hang him instantly"--"Pluck out his eyes" King Lear DD $3,000 DJ WHERE YOU AT, SHAKESPEARE? 2017-05-12 #7530
2 lines, back to back in this play:Regan: "Hang him instantly"; Goneril: "Pluck out his eyes";'nuff said King Lear DD $2,400 DJ THAT'S MESSED UP, SHAKESPEARE! 2016-11-10 #7399
He's the aging subject of the line "I thought the king had more affected the Duke of Albany than Cornwall" King Lear $1,200 DJ SHAKESPEARE'S FIRST LINES 2016-04-19 #7282
After a royal passing in January 1820, this tragedy that had been little performed got 2 new London productions in April King Lear FJ SHAKESPEARE 2016-02-23 #7242
Regan, Act IV, Scene v:"Himself in person there?" King Lear $1,200 DJ RARELY QUOTED SHAKESPEARE LINES 2015-11-18 #7173
Gloucester blindness symbolic in how he deal with Edgar; Hulk reflect on own family after this play King Lear $2,000 DJ THE HULK, SHAKESPEARE SCHOLAR 2014-06-11 #6858
"He's coming hither; now i' the night, i' the haste, and Regan with him" King Lear $800 J SHAKESPEARE--ACT II, SCENE 1 2013-06-27 #6639
Nahum Tate's 1681 adaptation of this play omitted the Fool & added a love affair between Edgar & Cordelia King Lear $1,200 DJ SHAKESPEARE 2011-12-14 #6268
The fool &the Dukes of Cornwall & Albany King Lear $1,200 DJ SHAKESPEARE'S TRAGIC MEN 2011-11-17 #6249
Goneril, Act II, Scene iv:"At your choice, sir" King Lear $800 J RARELY QUOTED SHAKESPEAREAN DIALOGUE 2011-10-05 #6218
"My father compounded with my mother under the dragon's tail", laments Gloucester's son in this play King Lear $2,000 DJ TAILS FROM SHAKESPEARE 2011-05-11 #6148
The first direction in this play:"Enter Kent, Gloucester, and Edmund" King Lear $800 DJ SHAKESPEARE, FOR STARTERS 2011-03-18 #6110
Albany, Kent & Edgar are the last speakers in this tragedy King Lear $1,600 DJ SHAKESPEARE'S TRAGIC ENDINGS 2011-01-14 #6065
Kurosawa's "Ran", an adaptation of this play, is set in 16th c. Japan & deals with 2 treacherous sons & one good one King Lear $400 DJ SHAKESPEARE RETOOLED 2010-04-20 #5902
Demented dad:LINK RAGE King Lear $800 J ANAGRAMMED SHAKESPEARE CHARACTERS 2009-12-10 #5809
This guy says to Cordelia, "Better thou hadst not been born than not t' have pleased me better" or... you're fired! King Lear $600 J SHAKESPEARE: THE REALITY SHOW 2009-09-25 #5755
In this play the Duke of Albany is Goneril's husband King Lear $400 DJ SHAKESPEARE 2008-12-01 #5576
OMG! This king is so kidding with his rejection of Cordelia, who--hello--totally loves him King Lear $600 J IT'S LIKE, SHAKESPEARE, YOU KNOW? 2008-11-14 #5565
Gloucester: Ow, my eyes! /Love you more than she does, Dad! /A high body count King Lear $800 J SHAKESPEARE GOES HAIKU 2008-10-23 #5549
Patrick Stewart played a cattle baron dividing his empire among his 3 daughters in "King of Texas", based on this play King Lear $1,600 DJ SHAKEN-UP SHAKESPEARE 2008-07-10 #5504
3 dead daughters, by poison, hanging & suicide; I wouldn't want to write the family Christmas card... this year King Lear $800 J CSI: SHAKESPEARE 2007-09-20 #5294
"REGAL KIN" King Lear $600 J ANAGRAMMED SHAKESPEARE PLAYS 2007-06-11 #5251
This tragic & foolish king's last words are "Do you see this? Look on her! Look--her lips! Look there!" King Lear $800 J SHAKESPEARE'S CHARACTERS 2007-05-25 #5240
A 1985 film by Akira Kurosawa:"Ran" King Lear $1,600 DJ SHAKESPEARE'S FILMS 2006-05-26 #5010
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!" King Lear $400 DJ REDUCED SHAKESPEARE 2006-05-16 #5002
Peter Straub & Danielle Steel both came "Full Circle", spoken by Edmund in this Shakespearean tragedy King Lear $2,000 DJ TITLES FROM SHAKESPEARE 2006-04-21 #4985
Never trust a woman whose words are too flattering--like Goneril in this play King Lear $600 J I LEARNED IT FROM SHAKESPEARE 2005-11-07 #4866
Wacky sisters Goneril & Regan live next door & make life tough for plucky Cordy & this title guy King Lear $1,200 DJ SHAKESPEARE, THE SITCOM 2004-07-08 #4584
Christopher Plummer is seenherein his searing 2004 performance as this mad monarch King Lear $600 J SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS 2004-06-23 #4573
"I am a man more sinned against than sinning" King Lear $2,000 DJ WHO'S SPEAKING IN SHAKESPEARE? 2004-02-02 #4471
Before disinheriting Cordelia, this man warns her, "Nothing will come of nothing" King Lear $600 J SHAKESPEARE 2003-10-13 #4391
"Did my father strike my gentleman for chiding of his fool?" is one of Goneril's lines in this play King Lear $1,200 DJ BRUSH UP YOUR SHAKESPEARE 2003-06-30 #4351
This tragic king cries, "Keep me in temper; I would not be mad" King Lear $800 DJ SHAKESPEARE 2003-02-28 #4265
Regan: "Tis but the infirmity of his age; yet he hath ever but slenderly known himself" King Lear $1,600 DJ DIALOGUE BY SHAKESPEARE 2002-02-04 #4016
Goneril, Regan, Cordelia King Lear $800 J SHAKESPEARE'S TRAGIC CAST 2001-12-14 #3980
His daughters drive this man to cry out, "I am a man more sinned against than sinning" King Lear DD $800 DJ SHAKESPEARE 2000-11-13 #3726
The Earl of Kent: "I thought the king had more affected the Duke of Albany than Cornwall" King Lear $1,000 DJ SHAKESPEARE'S OPENING LINES 2000-10-30 #3716
It sounds to me like it's about the leader of lascivious oglers King Lear $600 DJ I HAVEN'T READ SHAKESPEARE, BUT... 1999-10-08 #3470
When he mistakes frankness for lack of affection, this king rejects his only loyal daughter King Lear $200 J YOU'LL FIND IT IN SHAKESPEARE 1999-09-29 #3463
This king's fool tells him, "I am better than thou art now; I am a fool, thou art nothing" King Lear $600 DJ SHAKESPEARE 1999-07-21 #3443
"Cordelia" King Lear $600 DJ SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS 1999-05-26 #3403
Johnny was mad about playing this title character:"How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child..." King Lear $800 DJ JOHNNY GILBERT DOES SHAKESPEARE! 1999-01-13 #3308
In 1964 Diana Rigg appeared as Adriana in "The Comedy of Errors" & Cordelia in this tragedy King Lear $200 J SHAKESPEARE 1998-07-02 #3204
George Orwell griped about this kingly tragedy: "One wicked daughter would have been quite enough" King Lear $400 DJ SHAKESPEARE DARK 1997-10-06 #3011
Shortly before he dies this king laments, "And my poor fool is hang'd!" King Lear DD $3,100 DJ SHAKESPEAREAN LAST SCENES 1997-06-19 #2964
Edgar disguises himself as a mad beggar in this tragedy about a mad king King Lear $400 DJ SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS 1997-06-12 #2959
His youngest daughter, Cordelia, shares his stubbornness & refuses to flatter him like her sisters King Lear $600 DJ SHAKESPEARE 1997-01-07 #2847
He tells his daughter Cordelia "I fear I am not in my perfect mind" King Lear $600 DJ SHAKESPEARE 1996-07-16 #2752
A poignant scene in "The Madness of King George" features George III reading aloud from this play King Lear FJ SHAKESPEARE & FILM 1995-06-29 #2509
At the start of this play a king asks his daughters, "Which of you shall we say doth love us most" King Lear $800 DJ SHAKESPEARE 1995-05-08 #2471
Nahum Tate's 1681 adaptation of this play omitted the Fool & made Edgar & Cordelia lovers King Lear $600 DJ SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS 1994-06-22 #2273
Reagan's first line in this play is "I am made of that self metal as my sister" King Lear $800 DJ SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS 1994-03-16 #2203
By the end of this play, Goneril, Regan & Cordelia are all dead King Lear $600 DJ SHAKESPEARE 1994-01-28 #2170
Critics raved over Paul Scofield's 1962 performance as this raving mad king King Lear $400 J SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS 1994-01-03 #2151
Goneril's first line in this play is "Sir, I love you more than word can wield the matter" King Lear $800 DJ SHAKESPEARE 1993-07-08 #2054
Regan, his second daughter, is married to the Duke of Cornwall King Lear $400 DJ SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS 1992-12-01 #1897
In Scene I of this play, the title monarch announces, "Know that we have divided in three our kingdom" King Lear DD $1,000 DJ SHAKESPEARE 1992-11-11 #1883
The play in which a fool says, "This cold night will turn us all to fools and madmen" King Lear FJ SHAKESPEARE 1992-07-06 #1826
"I am a very foolish fond old man", he tells his daughter Cordelia King Lear DD $2,000 DJ SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS 1992-03-06 #1740
This king has a fool, said to represent truth, who speaks in rhymes & songs King Lear $500 J SHAKESPEARE 1990-11-14 #1428
This title king says, "I am a man more sinn'd against than sinning" King Lear $800 DJ SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS 1990-05-09 #1323
In a rare TV appearance, Olivier played this foolish, fond old king King Lear $600 DJ SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS 1989-07-13 #1139
He huffs & puffs & yells "Blow, winds, & crack your cheeks! Rage! Blow!" King Lear $600 DJ SHAKESPEARE 1986-01-23 #359
Cordelia was this king's favorite daughter, until she dared to tell him the truth King Lear $800 DJ SHAKESPEARE 1985-03-28 #144
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