King LearInsight Publications, 2011 - 224 pages Even the most resolutely disengaged students can finally 'discover' and thrill to the rhythms and passions of Shakespeare's plays! Award-winning teachers and Shakespearean scholars have extensively trialled their approach to teaching Shakespeare's plays in the classroom, and this series is the result! The plays in this series are becoming increasingly popular for student resources in schools as English and Drama teachers discover their fabulous teaching and learning qualities. |
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Page iii
... Gentleman in the storm 101 Scene 2 'Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks!' 105 Scene 3 Gloucester tells Edmund a secret 112 Scene 4 Lear meets Tom o' Bedlam 116 Scene 5 Cornwall will have revenge 126 Scene 6 Lear to go to Dover 128 Scene ...
... Gentleman in the storm 101 Scene 2 'Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks!' 105 Scene 3 Gloucester tells Edmund a secret 112 Scene 4 Lear meets Tom o' Bedlam 116 Scene 5 Cornwall will have revenge 126 Scene 6 Lear to go to Dover 128 Scene ...
Page 2
... gentleman . In the following year , Shakespeare bought New Place , the second largest house in Stratford - upon - Avon . The first decade of the 1600s was his most productive period , when he wrote most of his greatest plays , including ...
... gentleman . In the following year , Shakespeare bought New Place , the second largest house in Stratford - upon - Avon . The first decade of the 1600s was his most productive period , when he wrote most of his greatest plays , including ...
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... gentlemen), and the 'base' or 'knaves', who made up most of the population. People were born into a certain class and marriages between people of different classes were reasonably rare. While the 'gentle' were generally wealthy, some ...
... gentlemen), and the 'base' or 'knaves', who made up most of the population. People were born into a certain class and marriages between people of different classes were reasonably rare. While the 'gentle' were generally wealthy, some ...
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... gentlemen , lords and ladies . The stage is raised about one and a half metres above the ground . Like the seats in the galleries , the performance area is covered . The ceiling , which they call the heavens , is painted with stars ...
... gentlemen , lords and ladies . The stage is raised about one and a half metres above the ground . Like the seats in the galleries , the performance area is covered . The ceiling , which they call the heavens , is painted with stars ...
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... gentleman, Edmund? (Act 1 Scene 1) In many of Shakespeare's plays, prose indicates that a character is of a lower class or is engaging in 'low' or casual behaviour. However, prose in King Lear usually has more to do with the context and ...
... gentleman, Edmund? (Act 1 Scene 1) In many of Shakespeare's plays, prose indicates that a character is of a lower class or is engaging in 'low' or casual behaviour. However, prose in King Lear usually has more to do with the context and ...
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Act 1 Scene Alack ALBANY audience Bedlam beggars blinding Burgundy characters Child Rowland complete the table contrast Copy and complete CORDELIA KING LEAR CORNWALL daughters death dost dramatic irony Duke Duke of Cornwall Earl of Gloucester EDGAR GLOUCESTER EDGAR emphasise enters Exit eyes father FOOL KING LEAR Fortune France GENTLEMAN give GLOUCESTER EDGAR GLOUCESTER Gloucester's gods Gonerill and Regan Gonerill's hast hath hear heart iambic pentameter iambs imagery Jacobean James justice KENT KING LEAR Kent’s KING LEAR FOOL KING LEAR KENT kingdom Kingdom of Britain knave language Lear and Cordelia Lear's letter lines look Lord Lord Chamberlain's Men Madam means messenger nature night Nuncle Nunn nutshell OSWALD KENT paraphrase might read pathetic fallacy Peter Brook play play’s poor Prithee Questions REGAN GONERILL servant sister soliloquy speak speech storm tell Text notes thee thine Trevor Nunn trochee villain words