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King Lear (The New Folger Library Shakespeare)

William Shakespeare

The tragic drama of an old king's foolishness is accompanied by material on Shakespeare's language, life, and theater, notes, and an essay.

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Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

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Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

They said the published version of King Lear was fantastic.

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And I mean, when you published your version of King Lear, it was fantastic.

— Episode: Lisa Kudrow Returns Again

Episode: Lisa Kudrow Returns Again

They said the published version of King Lear was fantastic.

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And I mean, when you published your version of King Lear, it was fantastic.

The Viall Files

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The Viall Files

When pressed for the third Shakespeare play, they eventually supplied King Lear as the missing title.

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I can only name two... King Lear.

— Episode: E46 Life After Paradise with Demi Burnet...

Episode: E46 Life After Paradise with Demi Burnett

When pressed for the third Shakespeare play, they eventually supplied King Lear as the missing title.

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I can only name two... King Lear.

The Matt Walsh Show

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The Matt Walsh Show

Walsh suggested that teachers read August Wilson's work alongside Shakespeare's King Lear, saying the two pieces go really well together.

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We should read August Wilson's King Headley next to William Shakespeare's King Lear, which, by the way, do go really well together.

— Episode: Ep. 1557 - Trans Activists Hijack A Scho...

Episode: Ep. 1557 - Trans Activists Hijack A School Board M...

Walsh suggested that teachers read August Wilson's work alongside Shakespeare's King Lear, saying the two pieces go really well together.

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We should read August Wilson's King Headley next to William Shakespeare's King Lear, which, by the way, do go really well together.

Lovett or Leave It

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Lovett or Leave It

It was mentioned in the context of how people coped during the pandemic. One person used the fast food customization of their egg McMuffin as their own version of King Lear.

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It's been one year since people were saying, you know, Shakespeare wrote King Lear during a pandemic. My King Lear was customizing the egg McMuffin with bacon instead of the ham. That's my Lear. Blow...

— Episode: Shot Girl Summer

Episode: Shot Girl Summer

It was mentioned in the context of how people coped during the pandemic. One person used the fast food customization of their egg McMuffin as their own version of King Lear.

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It's been one year since people were saying, you know, Shakespeare wrote King Lear during a pandemic. My King Lear was customizing the egg McMuffin with bacon instead of the ham. That's my Lear. Blow winds and crack my cheeks.

I didn't even finish reading King Lear during this pandemic. No, the idea of dense literature in this moment is impossible.

Not Another D&D Podcast

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Not Another D&D Podcast

Edgar, a skeleton character in the podcast, expresses a desire to play Hamlet, Macbeth, and Lear.

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I wanna make it back to the stage, I'm sick of singing and dancing. I don't wanna be some campy show skeleton, I wanna play Hamlet, Macbeth, Lear.

— Episode: Twilight Sanctorum - Ep. 4: Masquerade

Episode: Twilight Sanctorum - Ep. 4: Masquerade

Edgar, a skeleton character in the podcast, expresses a desire to play Hamlet, Macbeth, and Lear.

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I wanna make it back to the stage, I'm sick of singing and dancing. I don't wanna be some campy show skeleton, I wanna play Hamlet, Macbeth, Lear.

Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang

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Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang

Annette Bening mentioned having performed in the play 'King Lear' with John Lithgow a few years prior to the podcast.

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What Shakespeare play? King Lear.

— Episode: "I Don't Think So, Honey! 3" LIVE (Part...

Episode: "I Don't Think So, Honey! 3" LIVE (Part One)

Annette Bening mentioned having performed in the play 'King Lear' with John Lithgow a few years prior to the podcast.

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What Shakespeare play? King Lear.

Watch What Crappens

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Watch What Crappens

King Lear was mentioned alongside Jane Eyre as an example of a book that might have illustrations, which one speaker thought made it less rare according to Bryn's theory.

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So Allison's just like showing her around all these things like you know like oh here's a Jane Eyre or here's like a King Lear or something like that.

— Episode: #2177 RHONY: Swinger and a Miss

Episode: #2177 RHONY: Swinger and a Miss

King Lear was mentioned alongside Jane Eyre as an example of a book that might have illustrations, which one speaker thought made it less rare according to Bryn's theory.

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So Allison's just like showing her around all these things like you know like oh here's a Jane Eyre or here's like a King Lear or something like that.

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

The hosts quoted a line from Act3, Scene2 of KingLear to illustrate the stormy, tragic nature of the case.

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that's actually from Act 3, Scene 2 of King Lear.

— Episode: Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan: The...

Episode: Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan: The New Jersey...

The hosts quoted a line from Act3, Scene2 of KingLear to illustrate the stormy, tragic nature of the case.

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that's actually from Act 3, Scene 2 of King Lear.

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