King LearBloomsbury Publishing, 2018 M08 6 - 104 pages Jonathan Munby's explosive revival of Shakespeare's epic tragedy transferred to the West End following its sold-out run at Chichester Festival Theatre. Performed by a celebrated cast led by Ian McKellen as the embittered monarch in a fractured kingdom. In this version the play has been cut back to its essentials to create a shorter play for a modern audience. Munby has also created a version to suit the intimacy and immediacy of the Minerva Theatre (Chichester), whilst harnessing what he describes as the "catapulting ferocity" of the play. Two ageing fathers - one a King, one his courtier - reject the children who truly love them. Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless ambition and treachery as family and state are plunged into a violent power struggle with shocking ends. Tender, brutal, moving and epic, King Lear is considered by many to be the greatest tragedy ever written. |
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William Shakespeare. SCENE 1 Enter KENT and GLOUCESTER. KENT I thought the King had more affected the Duke of Albany than Cornwall. GLOUCESTER It did always seem so to us. KENT But now, in the division of the kingdom – GLOUCESTER It ...
William Shakespeare. SCENE 1 Enter KENT and GLOUCESTER. KENT I thought the King had more affected the Duke of Albany than Cornwall. GLOUCESTER It did always seem so to us. KENT But now, in the division of the kingdom – GLOUCESTER It ...
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... Kent: remember her hereafter, as my honourable friend. EDMUND My services to your ladyship. KENT I must love you, and sue to know you better. EDMUND Lady, I shall study deserving. GLOUCESTER He hath been out nine years, and away he ...
... Kent: remember her hereafter, as my honourable friend. EDMUND My services to your ladyship. KENT I must love you, and sue to know you better. EDMUND Lady, I shall study deserving. GLOUCESTER He hath been out nine years, and away he ...
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... KENT Royal Lear, Whom I have ever honour'd as my king, Loved as my father, as my master follow'd – LEAR The bow is bent and drawn, make from the shaft. KENT Let it fly rather, though the fork invade The region of my heart, be Kent ...
... KENT Royal Lear, Whom I have ever honour'd as my king, Loved as my father, as my master follow'd – LEAR The bow is bent and drawn, make from the shaft. KENT Let it fly rather, though the fork invade The region of my heart, be Kent ...
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... Kent, on thy life, no more. KENT My life I never held but as a pawn To wage against thine enemies; nor fear to lose it, Thy safety being the motive. LEAR Out of my sight. KENT See better Lear, and let me still remain The true blank of ...
... Kent, on thy life, no more. KENT My life I never held but as a pawn To wage against thine enemies; nor fear to lose it, Thy safety being the motive. LEAR Out of my sight. KENT See better Lear, and let me still remain The true blank of ...
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