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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... Stage and on Film , 1988 , 2004 by David Bevington and David Scott Kastan Memorable lines 1988 , 2004 by Bantam Books Annotated bibliography © 1988 , 2004 by David Scott Kastan and James Shapiro Valuable advice on staging matters has ...
... Stage and on Film , 1988 , 2004 by David Bevington and David Scott Kastan Memorable lines 1988 , 2004 by Bantam Books Annotated bibliography © 1988 , 2004 by David Scott Kastan and James Shapiro Valuable advice on staging matters has ...
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William Shakespeare David Bevington, David Scott Kastan. CONTENTS Introduction vii King Lear on Stage xxiii King Lear on Film xxxii The Playhouse xlv KING LEAR 1 Date and Text 250 Textual Notes 253 Shakespeare's Sources 258 Further Reading ...
William Shakespeare David Bevington, David Scott Kastan. CONTENTS Introduction vii King Lear on Stage xxiii King Lear on Film xxxii The Playhouse xlv KING LEAR 1 Date and Text 250 Textual Notes 253 Shakespeare's Sources 258 Further Reading ...
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... stage for about 150 years. David Garrick restored some of Shakespeare's lines, and Edmund Kean restored the tragic ending, but it was not until 1838 that King Lear was again performed more or le as the dramatist wrote it. One of ...
... stage for about 150 years. David Garrick restored some of Shakespeare's lines, and Edmund Kean restored the tragic ending, but it was not until 1838 that King Lear was again performed more or le as the dramatist wrote it. One of ...
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... stage of fools , " an endless torment : " the first time that we smell the air / We wawl and cry " ( 4.6.179-83 ) . Gloucester's despair takes the form of accusing the gods of gleeful malice toward hu- manity : " As flies to wanton boys ...
... stage of fools , " an endless torment : " the first time that we smell the air / We wawl and cry " ( 4.6.179-83 ) . Gloucester's despair takes the form of accusing the gods of gleeful malice toward hu- manity : " As flies to wanton boys ...
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... stage for about 150 years . David Garrick restored some of Shakespeare's lines , and Edmund Kean restored the tragic ending , but it was not until 1838 that King Lear was again performed more or less as the dramatist wrote it . One of ...
... stage for about 150 years . David Garrick restored some of Shakespeare's lines , and Edmund Kean restored the tragic ending , but it was not until 1838 that King Lear was again performed more or less as the dramatist wrote it . One of ...
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Alack ALBANY Albany's 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 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 o'th Perillus pity play play's Plexirtus poor pray prince 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