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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... plays were performed by the most famous actors of his time, including Richard Burb-age, Will Kempe, and Robert Armin. In addition to his 37 plays, Shakespeare had a hand in others, including Sir Thomas More and The Two Noble Kinsmen ...
... plays were performed by the most famous actors of his time, including Richard Burb-age, Will Kempe, and Robert Armin. In addition to his 37 plays, Shakespeare had a hand in others, including Sir Thomas More and The Two Noble Kinsmen ...
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... play introduction ©1988, 2004 by David Bevington King Lear on Stage and on Film, © 1988, ZOO4 by David Bevington and David Scott Kastan Memorable lines © I988, Z004 by Bantam Books Annotated bibliography © I988, Z004 by David Scott ...
... play introduction ©1988, 2004 by David Bevington King Lear on Stage and on Film, © 1988, ZOO4 by David Bevington and David Scott Kastan Memorable lines © I988, Z004 by Bantam Books Annotated bibliography © I988, Z004 by David Scott ...
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... plays other than Hamlet and Macbeth approach King Lear in evoking the wretchedness of human existence, and even they cannot ... play does injustice appear to triumph so ferociously, for so long, and with such impunity. Will the heavens ...
... plays other than Hamlet and Macbeth approach King Lear in evoking the wretchedness of human existence, and even they cannot ... play does injustice appear to triumph so ferociously, for so long, and with such impunity. Will the heavens ...
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... play called The True Chronicle History of King Leir (by 1594, published 1695 )—all retain the happy ending. The tragic pattern may have been suggested instead by Shakespeare's probable source for the Gloucester-Edgar-Edmund plot, Sir ...
... play called The True Chronicle History of King Leir (by 1594, published 1695 )—all retain the happy ending. The tragic pattern may have been suggested instead by Shakespeare's probable source for the Gloucester-Edgar-Edmund plot, Sir ...
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... play to conform with our supposed toughness of vision. Shakespeare evidently wrote King Lear some time before it was performed at court in December of 1606, probably in 1605 and certainly no earlier than 1603-1604; Edgar's speeches as ...
... play to conform with our supposed toughness of vision. Shakespeare evidently wrote King Lear some time before it was performed at court in December of 1606, probably in 1605 and certainly no earlier than 1603-1604; Edgar's speeches as ...
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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