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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... come into this category . The position articulated here is close to that of the sixteenth - century French essayist Michel de Montaigne in the closing section of ... comes on blinded and he is instantly confounded - things INTRODUCTION xi.
... come into this category . The position articulated here is close to that of the sixteenth - century French essayist Michel de Montaigne in the closing section of ... comes on blinded and he is instantly confounded - things INTRODUCTION xi.
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... comes on , dying ; then in response to the news that Cordelia is to be hanged , Albany says " The gods defend her !, " only for Lear to enter with her in his arms already hanged . The gods have not defended her . Then Albany tries to ...
... comes on , dying ; then in response to the news that Cordelia is to be hanged , Albany says " The gods defend her !, " only for Lear to enter with her in his arms already hanged . The gods have not defended her . Then Albany tries to ...
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... come / To this great stage of fools . " In the great theater of the world , with the gods as audience , we are the fools on stage . Under the aspect of Folly , we see that a king is no different from any other man . The trappings of ...
... come / To this great stage of fools . " In the great theater of the world , with the gods as audience , we are the fools on stage . Under the aspect of Folly , we see that a king is no different from any other man . The trappings of ...
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... come to this ? " True wisdom comes not in Gloucester's and Edgar's words of Stoic comfort or Albany's hapless faith in divine providence , but in moments of folly and love , as in this exchange : EDGAR KENT Bless thy five wits ! O pity ...
... come to this ? " True wisdom comes not in Gloucester's and Edgar's words of Stoic comfort or Albany's hapless faith in divine providence , but in moments of folly and love , as in this exchange : EDGAR KENT Bless thy five wits ! O pity ...
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... Come the last trump , the play tells us , we will be judged by our fellow feeling for the dispossessed , not our status in society . In this , as in so much else , Shakespeare speaks not only for his own age , but for ours . LEAR FOOL ...
... Come the last trump , the play tells us , we will be judged by our fellow feeling for the dispossessed , not our status in society . In this , as in so much else , Shakespeare speaks not only for his own age , but for ours . LEAR FOOL ...
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