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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... poor , which makes him the character better prepared to voice this sentiment . THIS GREAT STAGE OF FOOLS The Stoic philosopher tries to be ruled by reason rather than passion . But for the great sixteenth - century humanist Desiderius ...
... poor , which makes him the character better prepared to voice this sentiment . THIS GREAT STAGE OF FOOLS The Stoic philosopher tries to be ruled by reason rather than passion . But for the great sixteenth - century humanist Desiderius ...
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William Shakespeare Jonathan Bate, Eric Rasmussen. Caius , Edgar disguised as Poor Tom and then as Peasant ) and to Gloucester ( Servants , Old Man ) are not the wise or the rich . We are ruled by our passions and our bodies ; we go ...
William Shakespeare Jonathan Bate, Eric Rasmussen. Caius , Edgar disguised as Poor Tom and then as Peasant ) and to Gloucester ( Servants , Old Man ) are not the wise or the rich . We are ruled by our passions and our bodies ; we go ...
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... Poor Tom , the image of unaccommodated man , the image of himself : " Did'st thou give all to thy daughters ? And art thou come to this ? " True wisdom comes not in Gloucester's and Edgar's words of Stoic comfort or Albany's hapless ...
... Poor Tom , the image of unaccommodated man , the image of himself : " Did'st thou give all to thy daughters ? And art thou come to this ? " True wisdom comes not in Gloucester's and Edgar's words of Stoic comfort or Albany's hapless ...
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... poor naked wretches . Come the last trump , the play tells us , we will be judged by our fellow feeling for the dispossessed , not our status in society . In this , as in so much else , Shakespeare speaks not only for his own age , but ...
... poor naked wretches . Come the last trump , the play tells us , we will be judged by our fellow feeling for the dispossessed , not our status in society . In this , as in so much else , Shakespeare speaks not only for his own age , but ...
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... poor quality of the text was the result of the personnel in the print- ing shop being unused to setting drama . Thus the fact that much of Shakespeare's verse was set as prose was due to the printer running out of the blocks that were ...
... poor quality of the text was the result of the personnel in the print- ing shop being unused to setting drama . Thus the fact that much of Shakespeare's verse was set as prose was due to the printer running out of the blocks that were ...
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