King LearCommercial Press, 1922 - 385 pages |
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Page vi
... Edmund Kean restored the tragic ending . It is only since the time of Macready , 1838 , that Shakespeare's King Lear has been presented practically as he left it . It is a play of great compactness , of swift movement , of profound ...
... Edmund Kean restored the tragic ending . It is only since the time of Macready , 1838 , that Shakespeare's King Lear has been presented practically as he left it . It is a play of great compactness , of swift movement , of profound ...
Page viii
... Edmund , leads to the death of one by poison , of the other by suicide . Edmund falls in avenging conflict ; and the rule of the kingdom devolves upon the king's loyal son - in - law and Gloucester's faithful son . KING LEAR PERSONS ...
... Edmund , leads to the death of one by poison , of the other by suicide . Edmund falls in avenging conflict ; and the rule of the kingdom devolves upon the king's loyal son - in - law and Gloucester's faithful son . KING LEAR PERSONS ...
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... EDMUND , BASTARD son of Gloucester . FOOL . CURAN , A COURTIER . OLD MAN , TENANT TO GLOUCESTER . OSWALD , STEWARD TO GONEril . A CAPTAIN EMPLOYED BY EDMUND . GENTLEMEN ATTENDANT UPON CORDELIA . A HERALD . SERVANTS . GONERIL REGAN ...
... EDMUND , BASTARD son of Gloucester . FOOL . CURAN , A COURTIER . OLD MAN , TENANT TO GLOUCESTER . OSWALD , STEWARD TO GONEril . A CAPTAIN EMPLOYED BY EDMUND . GENTLEMEN ATTENDANT UPON CORDELIA . A HERALD . SERVANTS . GONERIL REGAN ...
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... Edmund . Kent . I thought the king had more affected the 1 Duke of Albany than Cornwall . Gloucester . It did always seem so to us ; but now , in the division of the kingdom , it appears not which of the dukes he values most ; for ...
... Edmund . Kent . I thought the king had more affected the 1 Duke of Albany than Cornwall . Gloucester . It did always seem so to us ; but now , in the division of the kingdom , it appears not which of the dukes he values most ; for ...
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... Edmund who has no part in their conversation but who accompanies his father to this semi - public meeting of the royal court . The names , Kent , Gloucester , Albany , and Cornwall , as well as France and Burgundy , are territorial ...
... Edmund who has no part in their conversation but who accompanies his father to this semi - public meeting of the royal court . The names , Kent , Gloucester , Albany , and Cornwall , as well as France and Burgundy , are territorial ...
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