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King Lear
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First performed around 1605, King Lear remains one of the most relentlessly bleak of Shakespeare's tragedies. Probably written between Othello and Macbeth, when the playwright was at the peak of his tragic power, Lear's themes of filial ingratitude, injustice, and the meaninglessness of life because of an indifferent universe are explored with unsurpassed power and depth.
First performed around 1605, King Lear remains one of the most relentlessly bleak of Shakespeare's tragedies. Probably written between Othello and Macbeth, when the playwright was at the peak of his tragic power, Lear's themes of filial ingratitude, injustice, and the meaninglessness of life because of an indifferent universe are explored with unsurpassed power and depth.