Films and Adaptations
Silent Shakespeare. King Lear. (1910)

Andrew McCullough. King Lear. (1953)
Michael Elliott. King Lear. (1984)

Jean-Luc Godard. King Lear. (1987)

Grigorii Kozintsev. King Lear. (1970)

Peter Brook. King Lear. (1971)

Edwin Sherin. King Lear. (1974)

Tony Davenall. King Lear. (1976)
Jonathan Miller. King Lear. (1982)

Akira Kurosawa. Ran. (1985)

Brian Blessed. King Lear. (1999)

Trevor Nunn. King Lear. (2008)

Criticism

Burt, Richard. “Shakespeare and Asia in Post-diasporic Cinemas: Spin-Offs and Citations of the Plays from Bollywood to Hollywood.” Shakespeare, the Movie II: Popularizing the Plays on Film, TV, Video, and DVD. Eds. Richard Burt and Lynda E. Boose. London: Routledge, 2003. 265-303.

Clayton, Thomas. "'Is this the promis'd end?' Revision in the Role of the King." In The Division of the Kingdoms. Shakespeares Two Versions of King Lear. Edited by Gary Taylor and Michael J. Warren. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1987, pp. 121-141. ISBN: 9780198129509.

Cook, Hardy M. “Two Lears for Television: An Exploration of Televisual Strategies.” Shakespeare on Television: An Anthology of Essays and Reviews. Eds. J. C. Bulman and H. R. Coursen. Hanover: University of New England, 1988. 122-129.

Crowl, Samuel. “Free Style: Adrian Noble’s King Lear and As You Like It.” Shakespeare Observed: Studies in Performance on Stage and Screen. Athens: Ohio UP, 1992. 122-141.

Dawson, Anthony. “Cross-Cultural Interpretation: Reading Kurosawa/Reading Shakespeare.” A Concise Companion to Shakespeare on Screen. Ed. Diana E. Henderson. Malden: Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2006. 155-175.

Donaldson, Peter. "Disseminating Shakespeare: Paternity and text in Jean-Luc Godard's King Lear." In Shakespearean Films/Shakespearean Directors. Boston, MA: Unwin and Hyman, 1990, pp. 189-225. ISBN: 9780044452300.

Gunter, Lawrence. “Hamlet, Macbeth, and King Lear on Film.” The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film. Ed. Russell Jackson. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2000. 117-134.

Jorgens, Jack J.  “King Lear: Peter Brook and Grigori Kozintev.” Shakespeare on Film. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1977. 235-251.

Kimbrough, R. Alan. “Olivier’s Lear and the Limits of Video.” Shakespeare on Television: An Anthology of Essays and Reviews. Eds. J. C. Bulman and H. R. Coursen. Hanover: University of New England, 1988. 115-121.

Lusardi, James P. “Lear’s Mock Trial.” Shakespeare on Television: An Anthology of Essays and Reviews. Eds. J. C. Bulman and H. R. Coursen. Hanover: University of New England, 1988. 130-138.

Manvell, Roger. “Peter Brook’s Film of King Lear.” Shakespeare and the Film. London: Praeger Publishers, 1971. 133-152.

---. “Shakespeare and the Silent Film.” Shakespeare and the Film. London: Praeger Publishers, 1971. -22.

---. “The Russian Adaptations: Yutkevitch and Kozintev.” Shakespeare and the Film. London: Praeger Publishers, 1971. 72-85.

Rothwell, Kenneth S. (1999). “Shakespeare in Love, in Love with Shakespeare: The Adoration after the Millenium.” A History of Shakespeare on Screen: A Century of Film and Television. 2^nd Ed. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2004. 248-274. (incl. brief discussions of Shakespeare in Love, Love’s Labor’s Lost, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Children’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, Ten Things I Hate About You, The Tempest, Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, King Lear, The Merchant of Venice, Titus Andronicus)

---. (1999). “Shakespeare in Silence: From Stage to Screen.” A History of Shakespeare on Screen: A Century of Film and Television. 2^nd Ed. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2004. 1-26.

Shakespeare, William. "Preface." The Complete King Lear: 1608-1623. Berkeley, CA:University of California Press, 1990. ISBN: 9780520052697.

Sokolyansky, Mark. “Grigori Kozintsev’s Hamlet and King Lear.” The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film. Ed. Russell Jackson. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2000. 199-211.

Walworth, Alan. “Cinema Hysterica Passio: Voice and Gaze in Jean-Luc Godard’s King Lear.” The Reel Shakespeare: Alternative Cinema and Theory. Eds. Lisa S. Sparks and Courtney Lehmann. Cranbury, NJ: Rosemont Publishing & Printing Corp., 2002. 59-94.