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  2. King Lear - Wikipedia

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    King Lear, George Frederick Bensell. The Tragedy of King Lear, often shortened to King Lear, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is loosely based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between his daughters Goneril and Regan, who pay homage to gain favour, feigning ...

  3. A Thousand Acres (film) - Wikipedia

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    A Thousand Acres is a 1997 American drama film directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse and starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Lange, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jason Robards.. It is an adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Jane Smiley, which itself is a reworking of William Shakespeare's King Lear.

  4. King Lear (1987 film) - Wikipedia

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    King Lear is a 1987 American film directed by Jean-Luc Godard, an adaptation of William Shakespeare's play in the avant-garde style of French New Wave cinema. The script (originally assigned to Norman Mailer but not used) was primarily by Peter Sellars and Tom Luddy .

  5. Cordelia (King Lear) - Wikipedia

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    Cordelia is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's tragic play King Lear.Cordelia is the youngest of King Lear's three daughters and his favorite. After her elderly father offers her the opportunity to profess her love to him in return for one-third of the land in his kingdom, she replies that she loves him "according to her bond" and she is punished for the majority of the play.

  6. Shakespearean fool - Wikipedia

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    The Fool in King Lear – The Royal Shakespeare Company writes of the Fool: There is no contemporary parallel for the role of Fool in the court of kings. As Shakespeare conceives it, the Fool is a servant and subject to punishment ('Take heed, sirrah – the whip ' 1:4:104) and yet Lear's relationship with his fool is one of friendship and ...

  7. King Lear (1983 TV programme) - Wikipedia

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    King Lear (1983) is a video production of William Shakespeare's 1606 play of the same name, directed by Michael Elliott. It was broadcast in 1983 in the UK and in ...

  8. A Thousand Acres - Wikipedia

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    There are many similarities between King Lear and A Thousand Acres, including both plot details and character development. [1] For example, some of the names of the main characters in the novel are reminiscent of their Shakespearean counterparts. Larry is Lear, Ginny is Goneril, Rose is Regan, and Caroline is Cordelia.

  9. Jenny Eclair - Wikipedia

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    Between 2014 and 2022, Eclair wrote seven series (36 episodes) of Little Lifetimes, [23] short monologues for female actors, broadcast on BBC Radio 4. As well as Eclair herself, actors including Dame Harriet Walter , Haydn Gwynne , Monica Dolan , Vicki Pepperdine , Imelda Staunton , Anita Dobson and Ruth Sheen have been the monologist .