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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... feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the super flux to them And show the heavens more just. Tragedy conventionally deals with kings and noblemen, but must touch us all. The audience should identify with the tragic.
... feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them And show the heavens more just. Tragedy conventionally deals with kings and noblemen, but must touch us all. The audience should identify with the tragic hero on the ...
... feel what wretches feel, Lear relentlessly exposes the falseness and corruption to which flattery and ceremony had blinded him. (There is no escape from irony in this play; Lear learns to expose imposture and discern naked truth by a ...
... feeling truths. Notwithstanding its challenges, the play continues to be performed, read and adapted. Peter Brook's 1971 film adaptation, mentioned earlier, was very much a Lear for its time. Based on his 1962 production, also staring ...
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