King LearClarendon Press, 1963 - 256 pages "King Lear" dramatizes the troubled succession of an aging British monarch. Featuring cogent disquisitions on ambition, vanity, and loyalty, this is, one of the most analyzed and influential of Shakespeare's tragedies. Under the editorial supervision of Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen, two of today's most accomplished Shakespearean scholars, this Modern Library series incorporates definitive texts and authoritative notes from "William Shakespeare: Complete Works." Each play includes an Introduction as well as an overview of Shakespeare's theatrical career; commentary on past and current productions based on interviews with leading directors, actors, and designers; scene-by-scene analysis; key facts about the work; a chronology of Shakespeare's life and times; and black-and-white illustrations. Ideal for students, theater professionals, and general readers, these modern and accessible editions set a new standard in Shakespearean literature for the twenty-first century. Praise for "William Shakespeare: Complete Works" "A remarkable edition, one that makes Shakespeare's extraordinary accomplishment more vivid than ever." -James Shapiro, professor, Columbia University, bestselling author of "A Year in the Life of Shakespeare: 1599" "Two eminent Shakespeareans . . . have applied modern editing techniques and recent scholarship to correct and update the First Folio. . . . Superb." "-The New York Times" "A feast of literary and historical information." "-The Wall Street Journal" "I look forward to using it over many years, enjoying Bate's perceptive comments, trusting Rasmussen's textual scholarship." -Peter Holland, president of the ShakespeareAssociation of America and editor of "Shakespeare Survey" |
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Page 96
... Alack , alack ! Edmund , I like not this unnatural dealing . When I desired their leave that I might pity him , they took from me the use of mine own house ; charged me , on pain of their perpetual displeasure , neither to speak of him ...
... Alack , alack ! Edmund , I like not this unnatural dealing . When I desired their leave that I might pity him , they took from me the use of mine own house ; charged me , on pain of their perpetual displeasure , neither to speak of him ...
Page 137
... Alack ! alack the day ! 180 Lear . When we are born , we cry that we are come To this great stage of fools . This ' a good block ! It were a delicate stratagem to shoe A troop of horse with felt ; I'll put it in proof , And when I have ...
... Alack ! alack the day ! 180 Lear . When we are born , we cry that we are come To this great stage of fools . This ' a good block ! It were a delicate stratagem to shoe A troop of horse with felt ; I'll put it in proof , And when I have ...
Page 144
... Alack , alack ! ' Tis wonder that thy life and wits at once 40 Had not concluded all . He wakes ; speak to him . Doctor . Madam , do you ; ' tis fittest . Cordelia . How does my royal lord ? How fares your majesty ? Lear . You do me ...
... Alack , alack ! ' Tis wonder that thy life and wits at once 40 Had not concluded all . He wakes ; speak to him . Doctor . Madam , do you ; ' tis fittest . Cordelia . How does my royal lord ? How fares your majesty ? Lear . You do me ...
Contents
King Lear | 7 |
Shakespeares Sources and his use of them | 14 |
The Plot of the Play | 21 |
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A. C. BRADLEY Alack Albany answer bastard Bradley Burgundy character Cordelia Cornwall daughters dear death dost doth Dover dramatic duke Duke of Cornwall Edgar Edith Sitwell edition editors Edmund Elizabethan Exeunt Exit eyes father favour feel follow Fool fortune France Gentleman give Gloucester GLOUCESTER'S CASTLE gods Goneril and Regan grace Hamlet hast hath hear heart heaven honour human imagery J. W. MACKAIL Kent King Lear kingdom knave L. C. KNIGHTS lady Lear's Leir letter lines lord Macbeth madam master meaning mind nature never night noble nuncle Oswald Othello passion perhaps Perillus pity play plot poor pray R. W. Chambers scene sense servant Shakespeare Shakespearean Tragedy sister sonne Sophocles speak speech stage storm tell thee thine thing thou art thought tragedy tragic unnatural unto villain W. W. Greg words