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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... Kingdom Ripeness Is All ? This Great Stage of Fools About the Text Key Facts The Tragedy of King Lear Textual Notes Quarto Passages That Do Not Appear CONTENTS vii vii ix X xii xviii xxix 1 122 in the Folio 130 Scene - by - Scene ...
... Kingdom Ripeness Is All ? This Great Stage of Fools About the Text Key Facts The Tragedy of King Lear Textual Notes Quarto Passages That Do Not Appear CONTENTS vii vii ix X xii xviii xxix 1 122 in the Folio 130 Scene - by - Scene ...
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... KINGDOM Written soon after King James united the thrones of England and Scotland , and performed in his royal presence at Whitehall , King Lear reveals the dire consequences of dividing a united kingdom . In princi- ple , the aged ...
... KINGDOM Written soon after King James united the thrones of England and Scotland , and performed in his royal presence at Whitehall , King Lear reveals the dire consequences of dividing a united kingdom . In princi- ple , the aged ...
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... kingdom and the most prized husband . He does not bargain on her inability to play the role in which he has cast her . Kings and earls do not necessarily have to be blind to true virtue - witness the examples of Kent and France - but ...
... kingdom and the most prized husband . He does not bargain on her inability to play the role in which he has cast her . Kings and earls do not necessarily have to be blind to true virtue - witness the examples of Kent and France - but ...
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... kingdom , and Kent promptly goes off to die . The final lines of the play - given to different speakers in the Quarto and Folio versions of the text - suggest that the lesson has been learned that Stoic comfort will not do , that it is ...
... kingdom , and Kent promptly goes off to die . The final lines of the play - given to different speakers in the Quarto and Folio versions of the text - suggest that the lesson has been learned that Stoic comfort will not do , that it is ...
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