King LearPan Macmillan, 2016 M08 11 - 208 pages In Shakespeare's thrilling and hugely influential tragedy, ageing King Lear makes a capricious decision to divide his realm between his three daughters according to the love they express for him. |
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... obliterates his regal identity by turning him into a universal emblem of tragic debasement. The thing itself alone on this tragic 'stage of fools'. Lear gains knowledge through his suffering. That he is not xi INTRODUCTION.
... fools, outcasts and outlaws.) Ironies aside, whatever their 'true' or former status as courtiers and kings, these central passages do anatomise the 'thing itself', stripping humanity bare in some of the starkest scenes of Shakespeare's ...
... Fool relationship in the guise of actor and his assistant. Finney is as imperious and pathetic as Lear off the stage as on, while Courtenay as Fool–Dresser exploits the potential for dignity, affection and xiv INTRODUCTION.
William Shakespeare. Courtenay as Fool–Dresser exploits the potential for dignity, affection and insight instilled in Shakespeare's most intriguing minor characters. Shakespeare's generational tragedy remains relevant to all ages, all ...
... FOOL. AN OFFICER, employ'd by Edmund. GENTLEMAN, attendant on Cordelia. A HERALD. SERVANTS to Cornwall. GONERIL, REGAN, CORDELIA,. } daughters to Lear. KNIGHTS attending on Lear, OFFICERS, MESSENGERS, SOLDIERS, and ATTENDANTS. SCENE ...