King LearRandom House Publishing Group, 2009 M08 4 - 272 pages A king foolishly divides his kingdom between his scheming two oldest daughters and estranges himself from the daughter who loves him. So begins this profoundly moving and disturbing tragedy that, perhaps more than any other work in literature, challenges the notion of a coherent and just universe. The king and others pay dearly for their shortcomings–as madness, murder, and the anguish of insight and forgiveness that arrive too late combine to make this an all-embracing tragedy of evil and suffering. Each Edition Includes: • Comprehensive explanatory notes • Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship • Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English • Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories • An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmography |
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... Folio 130 Scene - by - Scene Analysis 142 King Lear in Performance : The RSC and Beyond 156 Four Centuries of King Lear : An Overview 156 At the RSC 165 The Director's Cut : Interviews with Adrian Noble , Deborah Warner , and Trevor ...
... Folio 130 Scene - by - Scene Analysis 142 King Lear in Performance : The RSC and Beyond 156 Four Centuries of King Lear : An Overview 156 At the RSC 165 The Director's Cut : Interviews with Adrian Noble , Deborah Warner , and Trevor ...
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... Folio version with him returning to take the reins of power , just as there is a certain , though very different , logic to Nahum Tate's infamous Restoration - period rewrite . RIPENESS IS ALL ? Shakespeare never takes one side of a ...
... Folio version with him returning to take the reins of power , just as there is a certain , though very different , logic to Nahum Tate's infamous Restoration - period rewrite . RIPENESS IS ALL ? Shakespeare never takes one side of a ...
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... Folio versions of the text - suggest that the lesson has been learned that Stoic comfort will not do , that it is better to speak what we feel than what we ought to say . The Folio's ascription of this speech to Edgar makes more ...
... Folio versions of the text - suggest that the lesson has been learned that Stoic comfort will not do , that it is better to speak what we feel than what we ought to say . The Folio's ascription of this speech to Edgar makes more ...
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... Folio text of 1623 , the original " Complete Works " prepared for the press by Shakespeare's fellow actors , the people who knew the plays better than anyone else . The other half had appeared in print in his lifetime , in the more ...
... Folio text of 1623 , the original " Complete Works " prepared for the press by Shakespeare's fellow actors , the people who knew the plays better than anyone else . The other half had appeared in print in his lifetime , in the more ...
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... Folio text , which is the most authoritative that we have , Edgar speaks the final speech : The weight of this sad time we must obey : Speak what we feel , not what we ought to say . The oldest hath borne most : we that are young Shall ...
... Folio text , which is the most authoritative that we have , Edgar speaks the final speech : The weight of this sad time we must obey : Speak what we feel , not what we ought to say . The oldest hath borne most : we that are young Shall ...
Contents
Textual Notes | 122 |
ScenebyScene Analysis | 142 |
The RSC and Beyond | 156 |
Shakespeares Career in the Theater | 203 |
A Chronology | 218 |
References | 226 |
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Act 4 Scene actor Adrian Noble Alack Albany Albany's Antony Antony Sher audience bastard beggar blind Brian Cox Burgundy Cordelia Corin Redgrave CORNWALL daughters death disguised dost Dover Duke Duke of Cornwall Edgar editors Edmund Enter Lear Exeunt Exit eyes father feel Following fortune France GENTLEMAN give gods Goneril Goneril and Regan grace hath heart human Ian McKellen Jonathan Bate KENT KENT LEAR King Lear kingdom knave LEAR FOOL LEAR KENT Lear's letter Lines look lord madam messenger Michael Gambon nature night nuncle performance Peter Brook pity played Lear poor Pray production Q corrected Q uncorrected Quarto text Regan role Royal Shakespeare Company running scene sense servant Shake Shakespeare sister speak speech stage storm tell theater thee there's thine things Tragedy traitor Trevor Nunn trumpet villain