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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... KING LEAR William Shakespeare a Broadview Anthology of British Literature edition General Editors, The Broadview Anthology of British Literature: Joseph Black, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Leonard Conolly, Trent University Kate ...
... King Lear • 15 King Lear • 20 In Context 189 The Shakespearean Theater • The Swan Theatre • 189 Titus Andronicus in Performance • 191 201 205 The Plot of an Elizabethan Play • 192 Early Editions of King Lear • 193 Source Material • 196 ...
... King's Men, when James I became their patron). Professional theater in London did not become firmly established until 1576, when the first permanent playhouses opened. By the late 1580s four theaters were in operation—an unprecedented ...
... King Lear leaves a number of small questions unanswered, far more so does it leave unanswered the many large questions it raises. What is the play about? At one level, it tells a very simple story, almost like a folktale. Once upon a ...