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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... Group , a division of Random House , Inc. ISBN 978-0-8129-6911-5 eBook ISBN 978-1-5883-6828-7 Printed in the United States of America www.modernlibrary.com 246897531 Introduction An Old Man Tottering About the Stage ? The.
... Group , a division of Random House , Inc. ISBN 978-0-8129-6911-5 eBook ISBN 978-1-5883-6828-7 Printed in the United States of America www.modernlibrary.com 246897531 Introduction An Old Man Tottering About the Stage ? The.
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William Shakespeare Jonathan Bate, Eric Rasmussen. Introduction An Old Man Tottering About the Stage ? The Division of the Kingdom Ripeness Is All ? This Great Stage of Fools About the Text Key Facts The Tragedy of King Lear Textual ...
William Shakespeare Jonathan Bate, Eric Rasmussen. Introduction An Old Man Tottering About the Stage ? The Division of the Kingdom Ripeness Is All ? This Great Stage of Fools About the Text Key Facts The Tragedy of King Lear Textual ...
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... stage . It is the centerpiece of his essay " On the tragedies of Shak- speare , considered with reference to their fitness for stage represen- tation " : So to see Lear acted , to see an old man tottering about the stage with a walking ...
... stage . It is the centerpiece of his essay " On the tragedies of Shak- speare , considered with reference to their fitness for stage represen- tation " : So to see Lear acted , to see an old man tottering about the stage with a walking ...
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... stage for a century and a half , whereas for Lamb it was yet one more indication that the theater was not to be trusted with Shakespeare's sublime vision of universal despair . THE DIVISION OF THE KINGDOM Written soon after King James ...
... stage for a century and a half , whereas for Lamb it was yet one more indication that the theater was not to be trusted with Shakespeare's sublime vision of universal despair . THE DIVISION OF THE KINGDOM Written soon after King James ...
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... stage " Machiavel , " an embodiment of pure , unmotivated evil . Astrology and astronomy were synonymous in the Elizabethan age : the signs of the times were read in the signs of the skies . King Lear is a play about bad times . The ...
... stage " Machiavel , " an embodiment of pure , unmotivated evil . Astrology and astronomy were synonymous in the Elizabethan age : the signs of the times were read in the signs of the skies . King Lear is a play about bad times . The ...
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