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
... play to a theatrical company he sur- rendered his ownership of it . Normally a company would not publish the play , because to publish it meant to allow competitors to acquire the piece . Some plays , however , did get published ...
... play to a theatrical company he sur- rendered his ownership of it . Normally a company would not publish the play , because to publish it meant to allow competitors to acquire the piece . Some plays , however , did get published ...
Page xviii
... plays published during Shakespeare's lifetime had been issued one play per volume in small books called quartos . Each sheet in a quarto has been folded twice , making four leaves , or eight pages . ) The First Folio contains thirty - six ...
... plays published during Shakespeare's lifetime had been issued one play per volume in small books called quartos . Each sheet in a quarto has been folded twice , making four leaves , or eight pages . ) The First Folio contains thirty - six ...
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... play , of the older dramatic version of his story , The True Chronicle History of King Leir . Though this play was prob- ably written about 1590 , and was on the boards in 1594 , it was published and perhaps acted again in 1605 : on May ...
... play , of the older dramatic version of his story , The True Chronicle History of King Leir . Though this play was prob- ably written about 1590 , and was on the boards in 1594 , it was published and perhaps acted again in 1605 : on May ...
Contents
PREFATORY REMARKS | vii |
INTRODUCTION | xxii |
TEXTUAL NOTE | 182 |
Copyright | |
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