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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... death', that he only 'endured' the last scenes again when he edited it for his collected Plays of 1765. He was not alone in his squeamishness. In Johnson's day the play was performed with a happy ending, a convention established in 1681 ...
... death. — Our son of Cornwall, And you, our no less loving son of Albany, We have this hour a constant will to publish Our daughters' several dowers, that future strife May be prevented now. The princes, France and Burgundy, Great rivals ...
... death. Away! by Jupiter, This shall not be revok'd. KENT Fare thee well, king: sith thus thou wilt appear, Freedom lives hence, and banishment is here. [to CORDELIA] The gods to their dear shelter take thee, maid, That justly think'st ...
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