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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... correspondence, and are used fictitiously. In all other respects, any resemblance to persons living or dead is entirely coincidental. btb_ppg_c0_r1. Shakespeare: An Overview Biographical Sketch Between the record of his.
... correspondence, and are used fictitiously. In all other respects, any resemblance to persons living or dead is entirely coincidental. btb_ppg_c0_r1. Shakespeare: An Overview Biographical Sketch Between the record of his.
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... persons less educated than themselves, but it was respectable enough; players, if prosperous, were in effect members of the bourgeoisie, and there is nothing to suggest that Stratford considered William Shakespeare less than a solid ...
... persons less educated than themselves, but it was respectable enough; players, if prosperous, were in effect members of the bourgeoisie, and there is nothing to suggest that Stratford considered William Shakespeare less than a solid ...
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... persons connected with the theater knew that the actor Shakespeare did not write the plays attributed to him but for some reason or other pretended that he did; (2) a conspiracy of today's Stratfordians, the professors who teach ...
... persons connected with the theater knew that the actor Shakespeare did not write the plays attributed to him but for some reason or other pretended that he did; (2) a conspiracy of today's Stratfordians, the professors who teach ...
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... person ( often an insulting term if addressed to someone of approximately equal rank ) foolish ( 1 ) innocent ( 2 ) generous mirror chance , by chance army ( 1 ) mood ( 2 ) bodily fluid thought to control one's psychology child news ...
... person ( often an insulting term if addressed to someone of approximately equal rank ) foolish ( 1 ) innocent ( 2 ) generous mirror chance , by chance army ( 1 ) mood ( 2 ) bodily fluid thought to control one's psychology child news ...
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... person singular present form commonly ends in -s, as in modern English (e.g., “He blesses”), but sometimes in -eth (Portia explains to Shylock that mercy “blesseth him that gives and him that takes”). Broadly speaking, the -eth ending ...
... person singular present form commonly ends in -s, as in modern English (e.g., “He blesses”), but sometimes in -eth (Portia explains to Shylock that mercy “blesseth him that gives and him that takes”). Broadly speaking, the -eth ending ...
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