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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... question . In the very opening lines of the play we discover that it is Edmund who has previously been unjustly exiled from home and excluded from parental care . Kent , the play's best judge of character , initially describes Edmund as ...
... question . In the very opening lines of the play we discover that it is Edmund who has previously been unjustly exiled from home and excluded from parental care . Kent , the play's best judge of character , initially describes Edmund as ...
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... questions . The big ones go unanswered . The biggest of all is Lear's " Why should a dog , a horse , a rat have life ... question : " Or image of that horror ? " It's not really the end of the world ; it's an image of the end . Hamlet ...
... questions . The big ones go unanswered . The biggest of all is Lear's " Why should a dog , a horse , a rat have life ... question : " Or image of that horror ? " It's not really the end of the world ; it's an image of the end . Hamlet ...
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... question over which Shakespeare himself seems to have had some uncertainty . In his original version of the play Albany speaks the final speech and thus rules the realm . But then Shakespeare changed his mind . In his revised version of ...
... question over which Shakespeare himself seems to have had some uncertainty . In his original version of the play Albany speaks the final speech and thus rules the realm . But then Shakespeare changed his mind . In his revised version of ...
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... question , Folio obliterates Monsieur La Far ; it compensates by altering the staging of the next scene ( Act 4 scene 4 in the received editorial tradition , Act 4 Scene 3 in ours ) . In Quarto , the scene begins " Enter Cordelia ...
... question , Folio obliterates Monsieur La Far ; it compensates by altering the staging of the next scene ( Act 4 scene 4 in the received editorial tradition , Act 4 Scene 3 in ours ) . In Quarto , the scene begins " Enter Cordelia ...
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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