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 ix
... half , whereas for Lamb it was yet one more indication that the theater was not to be trusted with Shakespeare's sublime vision of universal despair . THE DIVISION OF THE KINGDOM Written soon after King James united the thrones of ...
... half , whereas for Lamb it was yet one more indication that the theater was not to be trusted with Shakespeare's sublime vision of universal despair . THE DIVISION OF THE KINGDOM Written soon after King James united the thrones of ...
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... Half of the sum of his plays only appeared posthumously , in the elaborately produced First Folio text of 1623 , the original " Complete Works " prepared for the press by Shakespeare's fellow actors , the people who knew the plays ...
... Half of the sum of his plays only appeared posthumously , in the elaborately produced First Folio text of 1623 , the original " Complete Works " prepared for the press by Shakespeare's fellow actors , the people who knew the plays ...
Page xix
... half - share in the kingdom would have been accompanied by some gesture of refusal , such as a turn- ing away , on Edgar's part . In the second one , Edgar's speaking of the final speech would have been staged so as to betoken ...
... half - share in the kingdom would have been accompanied by some gesture of refusal , such as a turn- ing away , on Edgar's part . In the second one , Edgar's speaking of the final speech would have been staged so as to betoken ...
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... half - line and the next begins with the other half of the pentameter , editors since the late eighteenth century have indented the second line . We have aban- doned this convention , since the Folio does not use it , and nor did actors ...
... half - line and the next begins with the other half of the pentameter , editors since the late eighteenth century have indented the second line . We have aban- doned this convention , since the Folio does not use it , and nor did actors ...
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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