Here are some resources to help guide your way into King Lear:
- King Lear resources, character map, and infographic from Course Hero.
- The Royal Shakespeare Company has excellent resources for King Lear.
- Watch a synopsis of King Lear from Thug Notes or SparkNotes.
- The 2018 King Lear starring Anthony Hopkins is available on YouTube (I make no claims about copyright validity).
- There’s also a BBC radio drama from the Renaissance Theater Company (1994) with John Gielgud, Judi Dench, Emma Thompson, and Kenneth Branagh.
Thanks for Dan Hainsworth for letting us use his Shakespeare icons, as shown above right.
I haven’t been keeping up to date, but everything stops for another chance to approach Lear. Thinking if I pipe up now, I’ll somehow become exposed to whatever this site generates of interest.
The Hopkins was indeed cloaked in unaccessability.