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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... There are a number of problems with all of these theories and very little evidence to support them . No one doubted Shakespeare was the author of the plays and poems until 200 years after his death and these theories are usually based ...
... There are a number of problems with all of these theories and very little evidence to support them . No one doubted Shakespeare was the author of the plays and poems until 200 years after his death and these theories are usually based ...
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... There are stories of his being employed by a rich landowner in the north of England . It is possible that he joined a travelling company of actors . We do know that by the early 1590s he was a popular playwright in London ; in 1594 he ...
... There are stories of his being employed by a rich landowner in the north of England . It is possible that he joined a travelling company of actors . We do know that by the early 1590s he was a popular playwright in London ; in 1594 he ...
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... There are dozens of similar boats making their way across the river from the main city to Southwark . Southwark is a poor , overcrowded suburb filled with hastily built houses and flats . This is where immigrants from other parts of ...
... There are dozens of similar boats making their way across the river from the main city to Southwark . Southwark is a poor , overcrowded suburb filled with hastily built houses and flats . This is where immigrants from other parts of ...
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... there are very few props of any sort and no backdrops or scenery : just a curtain at the back of the stage , and above this three balcony areas that face the audience . These are the most expensive seats in the house , where people sit ...
... there are very few props of any sort and no backdrops or scenery : just a curtain at the back of the stage , and above this three balcony areas that face the audience . These are the most expensive seats in the house , where people sit ...
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... there. Know that we have divided In three our kingdom; and 'tis our fast intent To shake all cares and business from our age, Conferring them on younger strengths, while we Unburdened crawl toward death. the (Act 1 Scene 1) The most ...
... there. Know that we have divided In three our kingdom; and 'tis our fast intent To shake all cares and business from our age, Conferring them on younger strengths, while we Unburdened crawl toward death. the (Act 1 Scene 1) The most ...
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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