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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... The Taming of the Shrew) by Such wind as scatters young men through the world, To seek their fortunes farther than at home Where small experience grows. (1.2.49-51) In 1592, thanks to the cantankerousness of Robert Greene, we.
... The Taming of the Shrew) by Such wind as scatters young men through the world, To seek their fortunes farther than at home Where small experience grows. (1.2.49-51) In 1592, thanks to the cantankerousness of Robert Greene, we.
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... Fortune (built in 1600), specifies that although the Globe (built in 1599) is to be the model, the Fortune is to be square, eighty feet outside and fifty-five inside. The stage is to be forty-three feet broad, and is to extend into the ...
... Fortune (built in 1600), specifies that although the Globe (built in 1599) is to be the model, the Fortune is to be square, eighty feet outside and fifty-five inside. The stage is to be forty-three feet broad, and is to extend into the ...
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... fortune. That is the title he is born with. It is the stars, and not our own endeavors, that govern. After all we are their tennis balls, struck and bandied which way please them. We do not get our deserts. The optimism is foolishness ...
... fortune. That is the title he is born with. It is the stars, and not our own endeavors, that govern. After all we are their tennis balls, struck and bandied which way please them. We do not get our deserts. The optimism is foolishness ...
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... Fortune brag of two she loved and hated, One of them we behold, (282-83) Thou'lt come no more, Never, never, never, never, never, (309-,10) That is, I daresay, only an apparition, the disnatured child of night thoughts, and as such may ...
... Fortune brag of two she loved and hated, One of them we behold, (282-83) Thou'lt come no more, Never, never, never, never, never, (309-,10) That is, I daresay, only an apparition, the disnatured child of night thoughts, and as such may ...
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... thou not forgot, Wherein I thee endowed. (2.4.178-79) He is appropriately answered, since that respects of fortune are his love: upon him: Good sir, to the purpose. (180) This veneer of the unreal and the ritualistic, overlaying the.
... thou not forgot, Wherein I thee endowed. (2.4.178-79) He is appropriately answered, since that respects of fortune are his love: upon him: Good sir, to the purpose. (180) This veneer of the unreal and the ritualistic, overlaying the.
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