Overviews of the Play
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Having an overview of this complex play can help immensely in understanding it. Some of these resources may seem (or actually be) simplistic, but seriously, they help.
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Full Productions
NOTE: Some of these full productions are linked here as a resource for students. Please be aware that these productions are intended for a mature audience. Specific scenes in Lear may contain violence, nudity, or sexuality, depending upon the specific production. |
Lawrence Olivier (BBC)
1994 - John Gielgud/Kenneth Branagh BBC/Renaissance Theatre
1998 - Ian Holm (Lear) Directed by: Richard Eyre
2018- Anthony Hopkins (Lear) With Emma Thompson, Florence Pugh, and Emily Watson
Akira Kurosawa, Ran
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Productions
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Opening Scene: The "Who Loves Daddy Most?" Contest
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Questions (Productions and Text)
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Discussion Questions (Film)
"DIVIDE WE OUR KINGDOM": CHARACTERIZATION AND MOTIVE
CAIUS AND MAD TOM: MOTIFS // DISGUISE, MADNESS, AND BLINDNESS
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Prereading Activity
This activity can be done at any point prior to reading Act II. |
Lear, Goneril, Regan Confrontation
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Conflicts with Goneril and Regan
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Questions
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Act II: Edgar's Disguise
Productions |
"Edgar I Nothing Am": Edgar's Disguise as "Mad Tom"
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Questions (Productions and Text)
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Discussion Questions
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Overview Questions
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Overview of Act III
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Act III.i-ii //Storm Scene
Productions |
Productions
James Earl Jones
Comparisons and Choices
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Questions
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Lear in the Storm
Note: Some questions were taken or adapted from this site. |
Act III: Lear and Tom in the Hovel
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Questions
OVERALL
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Act III.vii//Gloucester's Blinding
Productions |
Productions
Drama Centre London
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Questions
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Gloucester's Blinding
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Act IV.v - The Cliff Scene
Productions |
Productions
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Questions
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The Cliff Scene
Staging and Production UNCOMFORTABLE LAUGHTER: STAGING THE FALL FROM THE CLIFF
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Questions
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England at War
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Overview Questions
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Questions
Note: Some questions taken or adapted from this site. |
Act V.iii - Cordelia's Death
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Productions
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