The History of King Lear
The History of King Lear is an adaptation by Nahum Tate of William Shakespeare's "King Lear". It first appeared in 1681, some seventy-five years after Shakespeare's version, and is believed to have replaced Shakespeare's version on the English stage in whole or in part until 1838.
Alan W. Lear
Lear wrote four plays for the Audio Visuals series of amateur-produced "Doctor Who" stories in the 1980s entitled "Enclave Irrelative" (which featured Michael Wisher as "Maul"), "Minuet in Hell" (again featuring Wisher, this time as Lord Sandwich), "Cloud Of Fear" and "Planet Of Lies" (developed from an original scenario by Jim Mortimore). The latter saw the destruction of Gallifrey and the Time Lords by the Daleks many years before the 2005 revival of "Doctor Who" did something similar, but long after the BBC Books range destroyed Gallifrey.