King Lear: Third SeriesBloomsbury Publishing, 2014 M09 25 - 455 pages 'By far the best edition of King Lear - in respect of both textual and other matters - that we now have.'John Lyon, English Language Notes'This volume is a treasure-trove of precise information and stimulating comments on practically every aspect of the Lear-universe. I know of no other edition which I would recommend with such confidence: to students, professional colleagues and also the 'educated public'.'Dieter Mehl, Shakespeare Jahrbuch, vol 134 |
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Page 5
... audience may have been expected to imagine the ' bush ' ( Q ) or ' tree ' ( F ) that shelters Gloucester in 5.2 . The play makes good use of visual action and effects , processions , fights , disguises , torches , weapons , deaths ...
... audience may have been expected to imagine the ' bush ' ( Q ) or ' tree ' ( F ) that shelters Gloucester in 5.2 . The play makes good use of visual action and effects , processions , fights , disguises , torches , weapons , deaths ...
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... audience sees two noble characters humiliated , disguised and reduced to wretchedness in a visual emblem of the disorder produced by the actions of Lear and Gloucester . Hearing the dialogue spoken can also bring home possibilities ...
... audience sees two noble characters humiliated , disguised and reduced to wretchedness in a visual emblem of the disorder produced by the actions of Lear and Gloucester . Hearing the dialogue spoken can also bring home possibilities ...
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... audience of Prince Henry , created Duke of Cornwall on the accession of James I to the throne in 1603 , and Prince Charles , named Duke of Albany at his baptism in 1600. In other ways , not a Image removed - rights not available play ...
... audience of Prince Henry , created Duke of Cornwall on the accession of James I to the throne in 1603 , and Prince Charles , named Duke of Albany at his baptism in 1600. In other ways , not a Image removed - rights not available play ...
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... audiences , who might have detected analogies with James I. Some , indeed , have been tempted to find in the play ... audience , and it is reasonable to suppose that Lear's crown on stage was not unlike that worn by James himself . 1 ...
... audiences , who might have detected analogies with James I. Some , indeed , have been tempted to find in the play ... audience , and it is reasonable to suppose that Lear's crown on stage was not unlike that worn by James himself . 1 ...
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... audiences , that England , or Britain ( James was proclaimed King of Great Britain at Westminster in October 1604 ) , was essentially a monarchy . Garrick , Kean , Macrcady and Edwin Forrest , for example , all played the role dressed ...
... audiences , that England , or Britain ( James was proclaimed King of Great Britain at Westminster in October 1604 ) , was essentially a monarchy . Garrick , Kean , Macrcady and Edwin Forrest , for example , all played the role dressed ...
Contents
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KING LEAR | 153 |
Two textual problems | 393 |
Lineation | 403 |
Abbreviations and references | 416 |
Index | 430 |
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