King LearPenguin, 1998 M06 1 - 352 pages The Signet Classics edition of one of William Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies. Full of cruelty and betrayal, King Lear is the timeless and tragic story of a kingdom held in the thrall of an aging ruler’s descent into madness. Desperate for praise, he banishes those who would guide him with honesty and surrounds himself with sycophants—an action that leads to his ultimate downfall.... This revised Signet Classics edition includes unique features such as: • An overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater • A special introduction to the play by the editor, Russell Fraser • Selections from Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia, and The True Chronicle History of King Lear, the sources from which Shakespeare derived King Lear • Dramatic criticism from Samuel Johnson, A. C. Bradley, John Russell Brown, and others • A comprehensive stage and screen history of notable actors, directors, and productions • Text, notes, and commentaries printed in the clearest, most readable text • And more... |
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... Enter one citizen at one door, and another at the other ”). A curtain hanging across the doorway—or a curtain ... entered from two doors; behind the doors is the “tiring house” (attiring house, i.e., dressing room), and above the stage ...
... Enter one citizen at one door, and another at the other ”). A curtain hanging across the doorway—or a curtain ... entered from two doors; behind the doors is the “tiring house” (attiring house, i.e., dressing room), and above the stage ...
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... enter, speak, exit, and others would immediately enter and establish (if necessary) the new locale by a few properties and by words and gestures. To indicate that the scene took place at night, a player or two would carry a torch. Here ...
... enter, speak, exit, and others would immediately enter and establish (if necessary) the new locale by a few properties and by words and gestures. To indicate that the scene took place at night, a player or two would carry a torch. Here ...
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... drum and colors, ” and another sort of appeal to the eye is indicated by the stage direction “Enter Macduff, with Macbeth's head. ” Some scenery and properties may have been substantial; doubtless a throne was used, but.
... drum and colors, ” and another sort of appeal to the eye is indicated by the stage direction “Enter Macduff, with Macbeth's head. ” Some scenery and properties may have been substantial; doubtless a throne was used, but.
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... Enter a Ship-master, and a Boteswain. ” Costumes: What did that shipmaster and that boatswain wear? Doubtless they wore something that identified them as men of the sea. Not much is known about the costumes that Elizabethan actors wore ...
... Enter a Ship-master, and a Boteswain. ” Costumes: What did that shipmaster and that boatswain wear? Doubtless they wore something that identified them as men of the sea. Not much is known about the costumes that Elizabethan actors wore ...
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... Enter Frier alone with a baskes. (night, Fri. The grey-eyed morne smiles on the frowning Checking the Easterne clowdes with streaks of light: And fleckeld darknesse like a drunkard reeles, From forth daies path, and Tisans burning ...
... Enter Frier alone with a baskes. (night, Fri. The grey-eyed morne smiles on the frowning Checking the Easterne clowdes with streaks of light: And fleckeld darknesse like a drunkard reeles, From forth daies path, and Tisans burning ...
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