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 vii
... mind , with all its vast riches . It is his mind which is laid bare . This case of flesh and blood seems too insignificant to be thought on ; even as he himself neglects it . On the stage we see nothing but corporal infirmities and ...
... mind , with all its vast riches . It is his mind which is laid bare . This case of flesh and blood seems too insignificant to be thought on ; even as he himself neglects it . On the stage we see nothing but corporal infirmities and ...
Page viii
... mind , we are sustained by a grandeur which baffles the malice of daughters and storms ; in the aberrations of his reason , we discover a mighty irregular power of reasoning , immethodized from the ordinary purposes of life , but ...
... mind , we are sustained by a grandeur which baffles the malice of daughters and storms ; in the aberrations of his reason , we discover a mighty irregular power of reasoning , immethodized from the ordinary purposes of life , but ...
Page xiii
... mind " is a special gift of the goddess Folly . Thus Lear is happy when his mind is free , when he is running around in his madness like a child on a country holiday : " Look , look , a mouse ! Peace , peace , this piece of toasted ...
... mind " is a special gift of the goddess Folly . Thus Lear is happy when his mind is free , when he is running around in his madness like a child on a country holiday : " Look , look , a mouse ! Peace , peace , this piece of toasted ...
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... mind . In his revised version of the play Edgar speaks the final speech and thus rules the realm . We must posit two very different stagings . In the first one , Kent's words of refusal of his half - share in the kingdom would have been ...
... mind . In his revised version of the play Edgar speaks the final speech and thus rules the realm . We must posit two very different stagings . In the first one , Kent's words of refusal of his half - share in the kingdom would have been ...
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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