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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... lives that the feather moves , that her breath mists the looking- glass . His final words are spoken in the delusion that her lips are moving : " Look on her , look , her lips , / Look there , look there ! " Her lips are not moving ...
... lives that the feather moves , that her breath mists the looking- glass . His final words are spoken in the delusion that her lips are moving : " Look on her , look , her lips , / Look there , look there ! " Her lips are not moving ...
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... live so long . If we were being very scrupulous , we would have added that there is some uncertainty over the matter , since in the Quarto text it is Albany who speaks the final speech , an ascription that has been fol- lowed by many ...
... live so long . If we were being very scrupulous , we would have added that there is some uncertainty over the matter , since in the Quarto text it is Albany who speaks the final speech , an ascription that has been fol- lowed by many ...
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... lives were a lot easier when they were reprinting existing books rather than struggling with handwritten copy . Easily the quickest way to have created the First Folio would have been simply to reprint those eighteen plays that had ...
... lives were a lot easier when they were reprinting existing books rather than struggling with handwritten copy . Easily the quickest way to have created the First Folio would have been simply to reprint those eighteen plays that had ...
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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