Back King Lear Afrikaans الملك لير Arabic الملك لير ARZ El rei Lear AST Кароль Лір Byelorussian Крал Лир Bulgarian ༄༅།། རྒྱལ་པོ་ལེར། Tibetan Kralj Lear BS El Rei Lear Catalan Král Lear Czech
King Lear is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. He based it on an old British story about a king named Leir or Lyr. The play might have been first performed in December 1606. It was first printed in 1608. It was printed again in 1623 in the First Folio. This is a collection of all of Shakespeare's plays. Many great actors over the years have played the part of King Lear.