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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... fellow playwright George Bernard Shaw asserted: 'No man will ever write a better tragedy than Lear'. Yet it is nowise a conventional Shakespearean tragedy, and not without its difficulties for performers, audiences and readers alike ...
... so often blush'd to acknowledge him, that now I am brazed to't. KENT I cannot conceive you. GLOSTER Sir, this young fellow's. KENT Is this not your son, my lord? LEAR Hence, and avoid my sight! EDMUND Why brand they. 2 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.
William Shakespeare. KENT I cannot conceive you. GLOSTER Sir, this young fellow's mother could: whereupon she grew round-womb'd, and had, indeed, sir, a son for her cradle ere she had a husband for her bed. Do you smell a fault? KENT I ...
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