bulldog1
Upon what sources did Shakespeare draw to write King Lear?
King Lear
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Timmeh
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Shakespeare's Lear is based on a legendary figure of Celtic mythology.
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JSDonald
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The Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande by Raphael Holinshed, published in 1587, was probably Shakespeare's primary source.