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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... Noble Kinsmen, was first published in 1634, with a title page attributing it to John Fletcher and Shakespeare. Probably most students of the subject now believe that Shakespeare did indeed have a hand in it. Of the remaining plays ...
... Noble Kinsmen, was first published in 1634, with a title page attributing it to John Fletcher and Shakespeare. Probably most students of the subject now believe that Shakespeare did indeed have a hand in it. Of the remaining plays ...
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... noble house. When Shakespeare portrayed a theater, he did not, except for the choruses in Henry V, imagine a public theater” (p. 195). (Examples include episodes in The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet, and The ...
... noble house. When Shakespeare portrayed a theater, he did not, except for the choruses in Henry V, imagine a public theater” (p. 195). (Examples include episodes in The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet, and The ...
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... noble” (1.2.192). The one is, initially, an unthinking sensualist. The other, the younger, is initially a kind of clown: “and pat he comes like the catastrophe of the old comedy” (145-46). But the degradation of Gloucester is not ...
... noble” (1.2.192). The one is, initially, an unthinking sensualist. The other, the younger, is initially a kind of clown: “and pat he comes like the catastrophe of the old comedy” (145-46). But the degradation of Gloucester is not ...
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... noble gentleman, Edmund? Edmund No, my lord. Gloucester. My Lord of Kent. Remember him hereafter as my honorable friend. Edmund My services to your lordship. Kent. I must love you, sue° and to know you better. Edmund. Sir, I shall study ...
... noble gentleman, Edmund? Edmund No, my lord. Gloucester. My Lord of Kent. Remember him hereafter as my honorable friend. Edmund My services to your lordship. Kent. I must love you, sue° and to know you better. Edmund. Sir, I shall study ...
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... noble lord. Lear. My Lord of Burgundy, We first address toward you, who with this king Hath rivaled for our daughter. What in the least Will you require in present° dower with her, Or cease your quest of love? Burgundy. Most royal ...
... noble lord. Lear. My Lord of Burgundy, We first address toward you, who with this king Hath rivaled for our daughter. What in the least Will you require in present° dower with her, Or cease your quest of love? Burgundy. Most royal ...
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