The first performance of King Lear took place in 1606 barely three years after James IV of Scotland had inherited the English throne and styled himself James I of ‘Great Britain’. James’ factual unification of the kingdom is in marked contrast to the fictional King Lear who sets out ineptly to divide his kingdom between his three daughters with tragic results.
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