King LearRandom House Publishing Group, 2013 M06 12 - 352 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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... David Scott Kastan. SHAKESPEARE King Lear Edited by David Bevington and David Scott Kafstan THE NEW BANTAM SHAKESPEAR}'E"\ , Q / '. ¢0§s' Williain Shakespeare was bom in Stratford-upon-Avon in April, 1564,. Front Cover.
... David Scott Kastan. SHAKESPEARE King Lear Edited by David Bevington and David Scott Kafstan THE NEW BANTAM SHAKESPEAR}'E"\ , Q / '. ¢0§s' Williain Shakespeare was bom in Stratford-upon-Avon in April, 1564,. Front Cover.
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... Stratford-upon-Avon in April, 1564, and his birth is traditionally celebrated on April 23. The facts of his life, known from surviving documents, are sparse. He was one of eight children born to ]ohn Shakespeare, a merchant of some ...
... Stratford-upon-Avon in April, 1564, and his birth is traditionally celebrated on April 23. The facts of his life, known from surviving documents, are sparse. He was one of eight children born to ]ohn Shakespeare, a merchant of some ...
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... upon-Avon, permitted a new kind of fluidity in staging that recaptured some hitherto lost staging effects of ... Stratford-upon-Avon in a production he directed with Anthony Quayle, and then at London's Palace Theatre, directed by George ...
... upon-Avon, permitted a new kind of fluidity in staging that recaptured some hitherto lost staging effects of ... Stratford-upon-Avon in a production he directed with Anthony Quayle, and then at London's Palace Theatre, directed by George ...
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... Stratford-upon-Avon, capturing the agony of Lear's experience and allowing an audience to share his suffering. In New York in 1973, Edwin Sherin directed ]ames Earl ]ones in a production at the Delacorte Theater, in which Lear, for all ...
... Stratford-upon-Avon, capturing the agony of Lear's experience and allowing an audience to share his suffering. In New York in 1973, Edwin Sherin directed ]ames Earl ]ones in a production at the Delacorte Theater, in which Lear, for all ...
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... Stratford-uponAvon, his second production of the play for the RSC. Some eleven years earlier, Noble had chosen King Lear for his first main stage production in Stratford, but, in spite of Antony Sher's acclaimed performance as the Fool ...
... Stratford-uponAvon, his second production of the play for the RSC. Some eleven years earlier, Noble had chosen King Lear for his first main stage production in Stratford, but, in spite of Antony Sher's acclaimed performance as the Fool ...
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Alack ALBANY bastard blind brother Burgundy Charles Dickens Child Rowland Cordelia CORNWALL D. H. Lawrence daughters dear death disguised doth Dover Duke Duke of Cornwall Edith Wharton Edmund Enter Edgar Enter Lear Exeunt Exit eyes father fear film flatter folio follow FOOL fortune France Fyodor Dostoevsky GENTLEMAN give Gloucester's gods GONERIL Goneril and Regan grace hast hath hear heart heavens honor horse i'th Jane Austen justice KENT King Lear kingdom knave Lear's Leir Leonatus letter lord madam master means MESSENGER nature never night noble nuncle Perillus pity play play's Plexirtus poor pray princes quarto RAGAN REGAN royal scene servants Shakespeare sister Skalliger speak stage stand storm Stratford-upon-Avon suffering sword Telenor tell theater thee There's thine thou art traitor trumpet unto villain wicked sisters William Shakespeare wretched