King Lear, Volume 5Penguin Group USA, Incorporated, 1963 - 306 pages King Lear, one of Shakespeare's darkest and most savage plays, tells the story of the foolish and Job-like Lear, who divides his kingdom, as he does his affections, according to vanity and whim. Lear's failure as a father engulfs himself and his world in turmoil and tragedy. |
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... Shakespeare had both acted and writ- ten . That Shakespeare is meant is indicated not only by " Shake - scene " but by the parody of a line from one of Shakespeare's plays , 3 Henry VI : " O , tiger's heart wrapped in a woman's hide ...
... Shakespeare had both acted and writ- ten . That Shakespeare is meant is indicated not only by " Shake - scene " but by the parody of a line from one of Shakespeare's plays , 3 Henry VI : " O , tiger's heart wrapped in a woman's hide ...
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William Shakespeare. Thomson , Peter . Shakespeare's Theatre . London : Routledge and Kegan Paul , 1983. A discussion of how plays were staged in Shakespeare's time . 4. Miscellaneous Reference Works Abbott , E. A. A Shakespearean ...
William Shakespeare. Thomson , Peter . Shakespeare's Theatre . London : Routledge and Kegan Paul , 1983. A discussion of how plays were staged in Shakespeare's time . 4. Miscellaneous Reference Works Abbott , E. A. A Shakespearean ...
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William Shakespeare. Shakespeare's Plays in Quarto . A Facsimile Edition . Ed . Michael J. B. Allen and Kenneth Muir . Berkeley , Calif .: University of California Press , 1981. A book of nine hun- dred pages , containing facsimiles of ...
William Shakespeare. Shakespeare's Plays in Quarto . A Facsimile Edition . Ed . Michael J. B. Allen and Kenneth Muir . Berkeley , Calif .: University of California Press , 1981. A book of nine hun- dred pages , containing facsimiles of ...
Contents
PREFATORY REMARKS | vii |
INTRODUCTION | xxii |
TEXTUAL NOTE | 182 |
Copyright | |
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