page_title: King Leir
hierarchical_section_title: King Leir
caption_attribution_description: English: Title page of the 1605 text of The True Chronicle History of King Leir, an anonymous play which may have been a source for Shakespeare's King Lear'.'
context_page_description: King Leir is an anonymous Elizabethan play about the life of the ancient Brythonic king Leir of Britain. It was published in 1605 but was entered into the Stationers' Register on 15 May 1594. The play has attracted critical attention principally for its relationship with King Lear, Shakespeare's version of the same story.
context_section_description: King Leir is an anonymous Elizabethan play about the life of the ancient Brythonic king Leir of Britain. It was published in 1605 but was entered into the Stationers' Register on 15 May 1594. The play has attracted critical attention principally for its relationship with King Lear, Shakespeare's version of the same story.
caption: 1605 quarto of The True Chronicle History of King Leir
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