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King Lear influenced Succession
Added by Media Influence Map · 5 October 2026
The evidence
Jesse Armstrong has named King Lear among the show's sources, with the Murdochs and other media dynasties: an ageing patriarch who will not hand over his kingdom, and the children who flatter and betray him for it.
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