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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... SUGGESTING ALTERATIONS IN THE LAW OF RATING RAILWAYS , AND IN THE APPORTIONMENT OF THEIR ASSESSABLE VALUE AMONG PARISHES . BY WILLIAM EAGLE BOTT , RAILWAY ASSESSOR , ARBITRATOR , ETC. LONDON : JOHN WEALE , 59 , HIGH HOLBORN . 1856 ...
... SUGGESTING ALTERATIONS IN THE LAW OF RATING RAILWAYS , AND IN THE APPORTIONMENT OF THEIR ASSESSABLE VALUE AMONG PARISHES . BY WILLIAM EAGLE BOTT , RAILWAY ASSESSOR , ARBITRATOR , ETC. LONDON : JOHN WEALE , 59 , HIGH HOLBORN . 1856 ...
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... Suggest Weaknesses in FDA's Program for Inspecting Foreign Drug Manufacturers Why GAO Did This Study Many drugs marketed in the United States are manufactured in foreign countries and the value of such products entering the country is ...
... Suggest Weaknesses in FDA's Program for Inspecting Foreign Drug Manufacturers Why GAO Did This Study Many drugs marketed in the United States are manufactured in foreign countries and the value of such products entering the country is ...
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... suggests that the Park Service would benefit from aligning its planning and budgeting processes to demonstrate how ... suggest for other agencies implementing the Results Act. This review was an extension of previous work that described ...
... suggests that the Park Service would benefit from aligning its planning and budgeting processes to demonstrate how ... suggest for other agencies implementing the Results Act. This review was an extension of previous work that described ...
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... suggest that which I believe to be the best plan for the re- clamation of the waste lands in Ireland , and the most effec- tual remedy for the evils which affect that country . The only reasonable mode of conducting any inquiry into the ...
... suggest that which I believe to be the best plan for the re- clamation of the waste lands in Ireland , and the most effec- tual remedy for the evils which affect that country . The only reasonable mode of conducting any inquiry into the ...
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... Suggest Paradise 11 The Women Photographs of the Dead 12 The Silence of Aime Cesaire 37 38 The Silence of The Hidden Notebook 39 Fernando Pessoa 13 The Error of Sleep 14 The Sparrows, 1978 40 The Death of Walt Whitman 44 Mornings 16 ...
... Suggest Paradise 11 The Women Photographs of the Dead 12 The Silence of Aime Cesaire 37 38 The Silence of The Hidden Notebook 39 Fernando Pessoa 13 The Error of Sleep 14 The Sparrows, 1978 40 The Death of Walt Whitman 44 Mornings 16 ...
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