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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... true virtue - witness the examples of Kent and France - but Lear , too long used to having his own way and hearing only the words of flat- terers , has blinded himself . Only when he has been stripped of the fine clothes and fine words ...
... true virtue - witness the examples of Kent and France - but Lear , too long used to having his own way and hearing only the words of flat- terers , has blinded himself . Only when he has been stripped of the fine clothes and fine words ...
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... true manners not at court , but through the love he shows for 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 ...
... true manners not at court , but through the love he shows for 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 ...
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... True Chronicle Historie of King Leir and his Three Daughters , an old play of unknown authorship that was in the London theatrical repertoire in the early 1590s , but makes many changes , including alteration of providential Christian ...
... True Chronicle Historie of King Leir and his Three Daughters , an old play of unknown authorship that was in the London theatrical repertoire in the early 1590s , but makes many changes , including alteration of providential Christian ...
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... True Chronicle Historie of the life and death of King LEAR and his three Daughters . With the vnfortunate life of Edgar , sonne and heire to the Earle of Gloster , and his sullen and assumed humor of TOM of Bedlam : As it was played ...
... True Chronicle Historie of the life and death of King LEAR and his three Daughters . With the vnfortunate life of Edgar , sonne and heire to the Earle of Gloster , and his sullen and assumed humor of TOM of Bedlam : As it was played ...
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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