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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... honour; As much as child e'er loved, or father found;° experienced A love that makes breath poor, and speech unable; Beyond all manner of so much, I love you. Cordelia. What shall Cordelia speak? Love, and be silent. 50 55 60 1 darker ...
... honour you. Why have my sisters husbands, if they say They love you all? Happily, when I shall wed, That Lord, whose hand must take my plight,2 shall carry Half my love with him, half my care, and duty. Sure I shall never marry like my ...
... honoured as my King, Loved father, as my master followed, As my great patron thought on in my prayers— Lear. The bow is bent and drawn; make from the shaft.10 135 140 as my 145 2 1 dragon Heraldic emblem of Britain. 150 155 Kent. Let it ...
... honour's bound, When Majesty falls to folly. Reserve thy state;2 And in thy best consideration check° stop This hideous rashness. Answer my life, my judgement:3 Thy youngest daughter does not love thee least; Nor are those empty hearted ...
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