EditorialTitle page of 'The True Chronicle History of King Leir, and his three daughters'. This play was the anonymous precursor to Shakespeare's Lear. The True Chronicle History of King Leir, and his three daughters, Gonorill, Ragan, and Cordella. As it hath b...
EditorialTwo portraits of kings: Bladud or Baldud, and Leir (Lear). Bladud or Blaiddyd was a legendary king of the Britons. Leir was a legendary king of the Britons. Shakespare based his play, King Lear on him. . The firste volume of the chronicles of England...