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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... tell him what he wants to hear , but Cordelia cannot . She is one of the play's truth tellers and simply lacks the capacity or the experience to dress her love in fine rhetoric . Lear knows that she loves him best , but we may assume ...
... tell him what he wants to hear , but Cordelia cannot . She is one of the play's truth tellers and simply lacks the capacity or the experience to dress her love in fine rhetoric . Lear knows that she loves him best , but we may assume ...
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... tell the truth ( hence her banishment ) , but later she lies beautifully and generously when Lear says that she has cause to do him wrong , and she replies , " No cause , no cause . " The closing section of Erasmus ' Praise of Folly ...
... tell the truth ( hence her banishment ) , but later she lies beautifully and generously when Lear says that she has cause to do him wrong , and she replies , " No cause , no cause . " The closing section of Erasmus ' Praise of Folly ...
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... 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 for ours . LEAR FOOL Who is it that can tell me who xvi INTRODUCTION.
... 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 for ours . LEAR FOOL Who is it that can tell me who xvi INTRODUCTION.
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William Shakespeare Jonathan Bate, Eric Rasmussen. LEAR FOOL Who is it that can tell me who I am ? Lear's shadow . 1. Robert Armin took over as company clown after Will Kempe left the Chamberlain's Men in 1599. A playwright as well as ...
William Shakespeare Jonathan Bate, Eric Rasmussen. LEAR FOOL Who is it that can tell me who I am ? Lear's shadow . 1. Robert Armin took over as company clown after Will Kempe left the Chamberlain's Men in 1599. A playwright as well as ...
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... tell you all , " where Shakespeare wrote " the first row of the pious chanson will show you more " ( Hamlet , Act 2 Scene 2 ) . Get- ting the structure of a line just about right but the actual words . nearly all wrong is typical of ...
... tell you all , " where Shakespeare wrote " the first row of the pious chanson will show you more " ( Hamlet , Act 2 Scene 2 ) . Get- ting the structure of a line just about right but the actual words . nearly all wrong is typical of ...
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