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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Page xvii
... allow competitors to acquire the piece . Some plays , however , did get published : apparently treacherous actors ... allowed a play to be published that no longer drew audiences . That Shakespeare did not con- cern himself with ...
... allow competitors to acquire the piece . Some plays , however , did get published : apparently treacherous actors ... allowed a play to be published that no longer drew audiences . That Shakespeare did not con- cern himself with ...
Page 98
... Allow ° obedience , if you yourselves are old , Make it your cause . Send down , and take my part . [ To Goneril ] Art not ashamed to look upon this beard ? O Regan , will you take her by the hand ? Goneril . Why not by th ' hand , sir ...
... Allow ° obedience , if you yourselves are old , Make it your cause . Send down , and take my part . [ To Goneril ] Art not ashamed to look upon this beard ? O Regan , will you take her by the hand ? Goneril . Why not by th ' hand , sir ...
Page 244
... allow him the fact of the deception , even as we have allowed him Lear's partition of the kingdom . It is his starting point , the dramatist's let's pretend , which is as essential to the beginning of a play as a " let it be granted ...
... allow him the fact of the deception , even as we have allowed him Lear's partition of the kingdom . It is his starting point , the dramatist's let's pretend , which is as essential to the beginning of a play as a " let it be granted ...
Contents
PREFATORY REMARKS | vii |
INTRODUCTION | xxii |
TEXTUAL NOTE | 182 |
Copyright | |
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