Royal Shakespeare Company
King Lear Teacher Pack 2013
The King Lear Teacher Pack 2013 is designed to prepare pupils for watching the Royal Shakespeare Company's film version of King Lear. The eight activities in the pack help learners unpack the themes, events, and language of Shakespeare's...
Royal Shakespeare Company
King Lear Teacher Pack 2016
Disguises, deceptions, destruction. Thankless children, wise fools, aging rulers, and knaves. The Royal Shakespeare Company's 2016 King Lear Teacher Pack provides instructors with a wealth of resources for a study of Shakespeare's famous...
Royal Shakespeare Company
King Lear Teacher Pack 2010
Every production of Shakespeare's plays is different—the director and designer must decide upon a theme. For his 2010 production, David Farr and his team decided to emphasize the conflicts that follow a regime change. The materials in a...
British Library
British Library: Teaching Resources: King Lear: The Disintegration of the Social Structure
These activities encourage students to examine the tensions that characterized the political and social landscape of the early 17th century and to compare these with fears about the disintegration of the social structure expressed in...
Shmoop University
Shmoop: King Lear
This site provides an amazing insight into Shakespeare's King Lear. Read about the major characters, themes and important quotations in the play in this fascinating site.