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 Scene 2 'Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks!' Scene 3 Gloucester tells Edmund a secret Scene 4 Lear meets Tom 0' Bedlam Scene 5 Cornwall will have revenge Scene 6 Lear to go to Dover Scene 7 Gloucester loses his ...
... Gentleman in the storm Scene 2 'Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks!' Scene 3 Gloucester tells Edmund a secret Scene 4 Lear meets Tom 0' Bedlam Scene 5 Cornwall will have revenge Scene 6 Lear to go to Dover Scene 7 Gloucester loses his ...
Page 2
... gentleman. In the following year, Shakespeare bought New Place, the second largest house in Stratford-upon-Avon. 1600s 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. 1600s 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.You notice ...
... 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.You notice ...
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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 ALBANY Albany’s audience Bedlam beggars blinding brother Burgundy characters Child Rowland complete the table contrast Copy and complete CORDELIA KING LEAR daughters death dost dramatic irony Duke Duke of Cornwall Earl of Gloucester EDGAR GLOUCESTER EDGAR EDMUND GLOUCESTER emphasise enters Exit eyes father FOOL KENT FOOL KING LEAR Fool’s GENTLEMAN give GLOUCESTER EDGAR GLOUCESTER Gloucester’s castle gods Gonerill and Regan Gonerill’s hast hath heart iambic pentameter iambs imagery Jacobean KENT KING LEAR Kent’s KING LEAR FOOL KING LEAR KENT KING OF FRANCE King’s kingdom knave language LEAR FOOL KING LEAR KENT KING Lear’s letter lines Lord Madam man’s means nature night Nuncle Nunn nutshell OSWALD pathetic fallacy Peter Brook play’s poor Press PLAY Prithee Questions servant Shakespeare Shakespeare’s plays sister soliloquy speak storm Text notes thee There’s thine Trevor Nunn trochee villain words