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• Digital New Cambridge Shakespeare Text edited by Jay L. Halio and Christie J. Carson (Including the modern spelling Folio, Quarto and Finder) 
• Facsimile reproduction of the Quarto 1608
• Facsimile reproduction of the Folio 1623
• Nahum Tate 1681 
• Nicholas Rowe 1709-10
• John Bell 1774 
• William Charles Macready 1857 
• Charles Kean 1858 

• Jay L. Halio's Commentary Notes 
• Jacky S. Bratton's Staging Notes 
• Jay L. Halio's Apparatus Notes 

• Chronological List of Productions 
• Illustrations Ordered by Act and Scene 

• Introduction to the New Cambridge Shakespeare Edition by Jay Halio 
• Introduction to the Shakespeare in Production Edition by Jacky Bratton 
• King Lear in North America by Christie Carson
• King Lear in Australia by Philippa Kelly
• Shakespeare without His Language by Dennis Kennedy

• 1982 Royal Shakespeare Company by Nicholas Shrimpton 
• 1986 National Theatre by Stanley Wells 
• 1989 Old Vic by Stanley Wells 
• 1990 Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre by Peter Holland 
• 1993 Royal Shakespeare Company by Peter Holland 
• 1993 Royal Court Theatre by Peter Holland 
• 1994 Talawa Theatre Company by Peter Holland

• From The Cambridge Guide to Theatre: Biographies, Theatrical Definitions, Theatre and Company Description 
• A Selective List of Performances 
• Production Entries from the World Shakespeare Bibliography 
• A cumulative Bibliography 
• Note on the Texts