"King Lear" follows an aging king who divides his kingdom by flattery and is cast out into the storm by the daughters he favours. Often called Shakespeare's bleakest and grandest tragedy, it strips its hero to nothing in its reckoning with old age and ingratitude.
Sources for William Shakespeare — King Lear
William Shakespeare — King Lear in William Shakespeare
Held in the William Shakespeare chamber of the Babel Nexus Index.
- William Shakespeare — Romeo and Juliet (1595)
- William Shakespeare — A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595)
- William Shakespeare — The Merchant of Venice (1596)
- William Shakespeare — Much Ado About Nothing (1598)
- William Shakespeare — Julius Caesar (1599)
- William Shakespeare — Hamlet (1600)
- William Shakespeare — Twelfth Night (1601)
- William Shakespeare — Othello (1603)
- William Shakespeare — Macbeth (1606)
- William Shakespeare — Shakespeare's Sonnets (1609)
- William Shakespeare — The Tempest (1611)