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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... looks , or tones , to do with that sublime identification of his age with that of the Heavens themselves , when in his reproaches to them for conniving at the injustice of his children , he reminds them that " they themselves are old ...
... looks , or tones , to do with that sublime identification of his age with that of the Heavens themselves , when in his reproaches to them for conniving at the injustice of his children , he reminds them that " they themselves are old ...
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... Look , look , a mouse ! Peace , peace , this piece of toasted cheese will do't . " Lines such as that bring a smile to our faces , not least because the mouse isn't really there . Lear repeats his " look , look " at the end of his ...
... Look , look , a mouse ! Peace , peace , this piece of toasted cheese will do't . " Lines such as that bring a smile to our faces , not least because the mouse isn't really there . Lear repeats his " look , look " at the end of his ...
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... looks back to the past , but also anticipates a future that is ours — a time when the old religious hierarchies and moral certainties have been stripped away . But in a strange way an answer is to be found in Edgar's reply to Kent's ...
... looks back to the past , but also anticipates a future that is ours — a time when the old religious hierarchies and moral certainties have been stripped away . But in a strange way an answer is to be found in Edgar's reply to Kent's ...
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... look at printers ' handbooks from the age of Shakespeare , you quickly discover that one of the first rules was that , whenever possible , compositors were recommended to set their type from exist- ing printed books rather than ...
... look at printers ' handbooks from the age of Shakespeare , you quickly discover that one of the first rules was that , whenever possible , compositors were recommended to set their type from exist- ing printed books rather than ...
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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