King LearRandom House Publishing Group, 2009 M08 4 - 272 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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... Folio readings , making choices on either aesthetic or bibliographic grounds , and creating a composite text that ... Folio . The Quarto has nearly three hundred lines that are not in the Folio ; the Folio has more than a hundred lines ...
... Folio readings , making choices on either aesthetic or bibliographic grounds , and creating a composite text that ... Folio . The Quarto has nearly three hundred lines that are not in the Folio ; the Folio has more than a hundred lines ...
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... Folio texts are authentically Shakespearean , yet they differ substantially . Logic suggests that Quarto was his first ver- sion of the play , Folio his second . The textual variants give us a unique opportunity to see the plays as ...
... Folio texts are authentically Shakespearean , yet they differ substantially . Logic suggests that Quarto was his first ver- sion of the play , Folio his second . The textual variants give us a unique opportunity to see the plays as ...
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... Folio text . Theater audi- ences tend to think most about the things that are mentioned : by drawing attention to the king's absence , the dramatist in a curious way establishes his presence . Better just to keep quiet about him , which ...
... Folio text . Theater audi- ences tend to think most about the things that are mentioned : by drawing attention to the king's absence , the dramatist in a curious way establishes his presence . Better just to keep quiet about him , which ...
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... Folio he is weaker , he stands by as his wife walks all over both him and the moral order , he avoids responsibility . His ultimate vacation of power is such that the revision ends at the point where my discussion began : with Edgar ...
... Folio he is weaker , he stands by as his wife walks all over both him and the moral order , he avoids responsibility . His ultimate vacation of power is such that the revision ends at the point where my discussion began : with Edgar ...
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... Folio as base text wherever possible . Signifi- cant Quarto variants are , however , noted in the Textual Notes and Quarto - only passages are appended after the text of King Lear . The following notes highlight various aspects of the ...
... Folio as base text wherever possible . Signifi- cant Quarto variants are , however , noted in the Textual Notes and Quarto - only passages are appended after the text of King Lear . The following notes highlight various aspects of the ...
Contents
Textual Notes | 122 |
ScenebyScene Analysis | 142 |
The RSC and Beyond | 156 |
Shakespeares Career in the Theater | 203 |
A Chronology | 218 |
References | 226 |
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Act 4 Scene actor Adrian Noble Alack Albany Albany's Antony Antony Sher audience bastard beggar blind Brian Cox Burgundy Cordelia Corin Redgrave CORNWALL daughters death disguised dost Dover Duke Duke of Cornwall Edgar editors Edmund Enter Lear Exeunt Exit eyes father feel Following fortune France GENTLEMAN give gods Goneril Goneril and Regan grace hath heart human Ian McKellen Jonathan Bate KENT KENT LEAR King Lear kingdom knave LEAR FOOL LEAR KENT Lear's letter Lines look lord madam messenger Michael Gambon nature night nuncle performance Peter Brook pity played Lear poor Pray production Q corrected Q uncorrected Quarto text Regan role Royal Shakespeare Company running scene sense servant Shake Shakespeare sister speak speech stage storm tell theater thee there's thine things Tragedy traitor Trevor Nunn trumpet villain