The Play
Read it free online here
No Fear Shakespeare - Translates the whole play into modern English alongside the original text.
Ultra-Condensed version here
Notes
Smoop's notes - Notes on characters, themes and general analysis.
LitChart's notes - An interactive chart with plot points and themes.
Bloom’s Shakespeare Through the Ages King Lear - Multiple essays on how critics have seen King Lear throughout time.
Notes for students revising Lear
Literary Critic Harold Bloom on King Lear
Popular Leaving cert King Lear questions
More Leaving Cert notes
Audio/Video
BBC's In Our Time discussion of King Lear
Ian McKellen: Understanding King Lear, the Character
National Theatre's Talking Lear Podcasts
Read it free online here
No Fear Shakespeare - Translates the whole play into modern English alongside the original text.
Ultra-Condensed version here
Notes
Smoop's notes - Notes on characters, themes and general analysis.
LitChart's notes - An interactive chart with plot points and themes.
Bloom’s Shakespeare Through the Ages King Lear - Multiple essays on how critics have seen King Lear throughout time.
Notes for students revising Lear
Literary Critic Harold Bloom on King Lear
Popular Leaving cert King Lear questions
More Leaving Cert notes
Audio/Video
BBC's In Our Time discussion of King Lear
Ian McKellen: Understanding King Lear, the Character
National Theatre's Talking Lear Podcasts