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Lear
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...Lear (lēr), legendary English king, supposed descendant, through Locrine and Brut, of Aeneas of Troy. The story of Lear and his three daughters probably originated...one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies, King Lear....
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Shakespeare's Plays ( (table))
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......1565) Othello Desdemona Iago Cassio Tragedy King Lear 1605 1608 Holinshed, Chronicles (1587); Anon., The True Chronicle History of King Leir (before 1594) King Lear Cordelia Earl of Gloucester Edgar Earl of Kent......
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Shakespeare, William
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......the company that later became the King's Men under James I. Until the...II, A Midsummer Night's Dream, King John, The Merchant of Venice, Parts...Well,Measure for Measure,Othello,King Lear,Macbeth,Antony and Cleopatra......
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Scofield, Paul
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......and had his first major success in King John. At the Stratford Memorial...won wide acclaim for his Hamlet and King Lear. His portrayal of Sir Thomas More...including The Train (1964), King Lear (1971), A Delicate Balance (1973......
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Brook, Peter
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......Measure for Measure (1950), Titus Andronicus (1955), King Lear (1962), and A Midsummer Night's Dream (1970...Cantabile (1960), Lord of the Flies (1963), and King Lear (1971); and operas, such as Faust and Eugene Onegin......
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Bottomley, Gordon
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......Crier by Night (1902), The Riding To Lithend (1909), King Lear's Wife (1915), and Gruach (1921); the latter two are "prefaces" to the action of Lear and Macbeth respectively. His volumes of poetry include......
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Kurosawa, Akira
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......an adaption of Macbeth; Yojimbo (1961), a rousing Japanese-style Western; Ran (1985), a sweeping version of King Lear; Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (1990), surreal vignettes that present an apocalyptic vision of human civilization; Rhapsody......
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Cobb, Lee J.
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......49; repeated for television in 1965). He performed Shakespeare in New York, including The Merchant of Venice and King Lear. A burly, powerful actor, he became a valuable supporting player in films, including On the Waterfront (1954), Twelve......
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fool
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......and Rome, and in the court of Montezuma. The clown or jester was common in Elizabethan drama (e.g., the Fool in King Lear), and by donning the fool's garb the actor gained the freedom of the fool. His costume, which was hung with bells......
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Jones, James Earl
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......appeared thereafter for seven years with the New York Shakespeare Festival in Macbeth (1962), Othello (1963), and King Lear (1973), among many others. On Broadway, he appeared in The Iceman Cometh (1973), Of Mice and Men (1974), and......