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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... Tragedy of King Lear Textual Notes Quarto Passages That Do Not Appear CONTENTS vii vii ix X xii xviii xxix 1 122 in ... Tragedies : A Chronology 221 Further Reading and Viewing 223 References 226 Acknowledgments and Picture Credits 229 ...
... Tragedy of King Lear Textual Notes Quarto Passages That Do Not Appear CONTENTS vii vii ix X xii xviii xxix 1 122 in ... Tragedies : A Chronology 221 Further Reading and Viewing 223 References 226 Acknowledgments and Picture Credits 229 ...
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... tragedies of Shak- speare , considered with reference to their fitness for stage represen- tation " : So to see Lear acted , to see an old man tottering about the stage with a walking - stick , turned out of doors by his daugh- ters in ...
... tragedies of Shak- speare , considered with reference to their fitness for stage represen- tation " : So to see Lear acted , to see an old man tottering about the stage with a walking - stick , turned out of doors by his daugh- ters in ...
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... tragedy , the senior remain- ing character speaks the final speech . That is the mark of his assumption of power . Thus Fortinbras rules Denmark at the end of Hamlet , Lodovico speaks for Venice at the end of Othello , Malcolm rules ...
... tragedy , the senior remain- ing character speaks the final speech . That is the mark of his assumption of power . Thus Fortinbras rules Denmark at the end of Hamlet , Lodovico speaks for Venice at the end of Othello , Malcolm rules ...
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... Tragedy of King Lear , " and has clear signs of derivation from the theatrical playbook ( though , to complicate matters , the Folio printing was also influenced by a reprint of the Quarto that appeared in 1619 as one of the ten plays ...
... Tragedy of King Lear , " and has clear signs of derivation from the theatrical playbook ( though , to complicate matters , the Folio printing was also influenced by a reprint of the Quarto that appeared in 1619 as one of the ten plays ...
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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