King LearDover Publications, 1994 M06 16 - 144 pages First performed about 1805, King Lear is one of the most relentlessly bleak of Shakespeare's tragedies. Probably written between Othello and Macbeth, when the playwright was at the peak of his tragic power, Lear's themes of filial ingratitude, injustice, and the meaninglessness of life in a seemingly indifferent universe are explored with unsurpassed power and depth. |
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... noble lord . My lord of Burgundy , We first address towards you , who with this king Hath rivall'd for our daughter : what , in the least , Will you require in present dower with her , Or cease your quest of love ? Most royal majesty ...
... noble fortunes : know thou this , that men Are as the time is : to be tender - minded Does not become a sword : thy great employment Will not bear question ; either say thou❜lt do ' t , Or thrive by other means . I'll do ' t , my lord ...
... noble Edgar But there is a dark magnificence to Shakespeare's original vision of the Lear story , and the play is performed today essentially as he wrote it , uncompromised by later " improvements " King Lear is reprinted here from an ...