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| Sir Ian McKellan as King Lear (via) |
- The Tragedy of King Lear is thought to have been written sometime around 1605.
- It takes place in the 8th century B.C.
- Its (very) sad ending was frequently performed differently--as a happy ending--during the late 17th, most of the 18th, and even part of the 19th centuries.
- Some modern phrases appear--albeit slightly differently--in King Lear: "forgive and forget," "last but not least," "come full circle," and "every inch a king."
- Laurence Olivier played King Lear in a TV adaptation in 1983, his last Shakespearean performance before he died. Orson Welles was in talks with a French production company to direct and star in a film version of the play before his death in 1985.
- Sir Ian McKellan (above) played King Lear on stage in 2007 in a Royal Shakespeare Company production.
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