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One ranking puts it at #5 of Shakespeare's greatest plays.<ref>https://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/the-ten-best-shakespeare-plays-of-all-time</ref>  Its performance length is about 3 hours, reflecting its word length of 26,145.  It can be read in less than 2 hours, at an average reading rate of 250 words per minute.
 
One ranking puts it at #5 of Shakespeare's greatest plays.<ref>https://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/the-ten-best-shakespeare-plays-of-all-time</ref>  Its performance length is about 3 hours, reflecting its word length of 26,145.  It can be read in less than 2 hours, at an average reading rate of 250 words per minute.
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Betrayal and lies permeate ''King Lear'', and its tale includes women ungrateful to their generous father.  But modern adaptations of ''King Lear'' give it a happy ending, and thereby make it more popular, including ''The History of King Lear'' (1681) by the English poet Nahum Tate.
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Betrayal and lies permeate ''King Lear'', and its tale includes women ungrateful to their generous, but self-centered and declining father.  But modern adaptations of ''King Lear'' give it a happy ending, and thereby make it more popular, including ''The History of King Lear'' (1681) by the English poet Nahum Tate.
    
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