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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Page vii
... feel somehow purified and regenerated . For Keats ' contempo- rary Charles Lamb , Shakespeare's anatomy of the human ... feeling which the acting of Lear ever produced in me . But the Lear of Shakspeare cannot be acted . The con ...
... feel somehow purified and regenerated . For Keats ' contempo- rary Charles Lamb , Shakespeare's anatomy of the human ... feeling which the acting of Lear ever produced in me . But the Lear of Shakspeare cannot be acted . The con ...
Page xii
... feel- ing , occurring in conjunction with Lear's feeling with and for the poor , which makes him the character ... feel " as Gloucester has to learn , to see the world not rationally but " feelingly . " Erasmus ' personification of ...
... feel- ing , occurring in conjunction with Lear's feeling with and for the poor , which makes him the character ... feel " as Gloucester has to learn , to see the world not rationally but " feelingly . " Erasmus ' personification of ...
Page xvi
... feeling , not in high - minded judgment . To be truly responsive to the play we must , as the final speech has it , " Speak what we feel , not what we ought to say . " To be human is to see feel- ingly , not to fall back on easy ...
... feeling , not in high - minded judgment . To be truly responsive to the play we must , as the final speech has it , " Speak what we feel , not what we ought to say . " To be human is to see feel- ingly , not to fall back on easy ...
Page xix
... feel , not what we ought to say . The oldest hath borne most : we that are young Shall never see so much nor live so long . If we were being very scrupulous , we would have added that there is some uncertainty over the matter , since in ...
... feel , not what we ought to say . The oldest hath borne most : we that are young Shall never see so much nor live so long . If we were being very scrupulous , we would have added that there is some uncertainty over the matter , since in ...
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... feels compelled to explain away the absence of the King of France why isn't he leading his own army ? KENT Why the King of France is so suddenly gone back , know you no reason ? GENTLEMAN Something he left imperfect in the state , which ...
... feels compelled to explain away the absence of the King of France why isn't he leading his own army ? KENT Why the King of France is so suddenly gone back , know you no reason ? GENTLEMAN Something he left imperfect in the state , which ...
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