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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... keep " The name and all th'addition to a king . " Only when he loses his knights , his clothes , and his sanity does he find happi- ness . But he also becomes kind . Little things show us this : in Act 1 , he's still always giving ...
... keep " The name and all th'addition to a king . " Only when he loses his knights , his clothes , and his sanity does he find happi- ness . But he also becomes kind . Little things show us this : in Act 1 , he's still always giving ...
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... keep going back to Shakespeare and his dazzling mirror world in which everyone is a player . Looked at in one way , the world of King Lear , with its images of doom , its mad king , scheming ugly sisters , its fool and its ( pretend ) ...
... keep going back to Shakespeare and his dazzling mirror world in which everyone is a player . Looked at in one way , the world of King Lear , with its images of doom , its mad king , scheming ugly sisters , its fool and its ( pretend ) ...
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... keeping the texts up to date - modernizing the spelling , punctuation , and typography ( though not , of course , the actual words ) , providing explanatory notes in the light of changing educational practices ( a generation ago , most ...
... keeping the texts up to date - modernizing the spelling , punctuation , and typography ( though not , of course , the actual words ) , providing explanatory notes in the light of changing educational practices ( a generation ago , most ...
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... keep quiet about him , which is what happens in Folio - since he's not mentioned , the audi- ence forgets him . Who , then , is to lead the French army ? In Quarto , the Gentleman informs Kent that the Marshall of France , Monsieur La ...
... keep quiet about him , which is what happens in Folio - since he's not mentioned , the audi- ence forgets him . Who , then , is to lead the French army ? In Quarto , the Gentleman informs Kent that the Marshall of France , Monsieur La ...
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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