King LearBroadview Press, 2010 M07 10 - 240 pages The text of the play included here, prepared by Craig Walker for The Broadview Anthology of British Literature, has been acclaimed for its outstanding introductory material and annotations, and for its inclusion of parellel text versions of key scenes for which the texts of the Quarto and the Folio versions of the play are substantially different. Also included in this edition are excerpts from a variety of literary source materials (including Geoffrey on Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae, the anonymous True Chronicle Historie of King Leir, and Samuel Harsnett’s A Declaration of Egregious Popish Impostures); material on the historical Annesley case that raised many of the same issues as does Shakespeare’s play; and the happy ending from Nahum Tate’s version of the play, which held the stage for 150 years after its first performance in 1681. |
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... Cordelia loves not the King of France but Edgar, whom she marries at the end of the play, the pair becoming the new ... Cordelia, that never chang'd word with each other in the Original. This renders Cordelia's Indifference and her ...
... Cordelia. Whoever says the line, the same information is given to Lear, but it makes a difference to the way in which we may interpret the character of Cordelia whether the announcement is made by Gloucester or by Cordelia (whom Lear ...
... Cordelia, Lear's youngest daughter Duke of Burgundy 1 King Lear The present text was originally prepared for The Broadview Anthology of British Literature by Craig Walker. The first Folio edition is used as the copy text; the more ...
... Cordelia, and attendants.) Lear. Attend the Lords of France and Burgundy, Gloucester. Gloucester. I shall, my Lord. (Exit.) 2 1 by order of law Legitimately born. 35 40 45 Lear. Meantime we shall express our darker. whoreson Bastard ...
... Cordelia. What shall Cordelia speak? Love, and be silent. 50 55 60 1 darker purpose Hidden intention. The equivalent speech in the Quarto version is substantially shorter. It reads as follows: “Meantime we will express our darker ...