King LearPenguin UK, 2005 M04 7 - 368 pages 'The most perfect specimen of the dramatic art existing in the world' Percy Bysshe Shelley |
From inside the book
Results 6-10 of 91
Page
... King Lear (to which Nahum Tate gave a happy ending in 1681) and Richard III (heavily adapted by Colley Cibber in 1700 as a vehicle for his own talents), were extensively rewritten; others fell into neglect. Slowly they regained their ...
... King Lear (to which Nahum Tate gave a happy ending in 1681) and Richard III (heavily adapted by Colley Cibber in 1700 as a vehicle for his own talents), were extensively rewritten; others fell into neglect. Slowly they regained their ...
Page
... –4 Sir Thomas More (in part, not included in this series) 1603–4 Othello 1603–4 All's Well That Ends Well 1604–5 Timon of Athens (with Thomas Middleton) 1605 King Lear 1605–6 Macbeth (revised by Middleton) 1606 Antony and.
... –4 Sir Thomas More (in part, not included in this series) 1603–4 Othello 1603–4 All's Well That Ends Well 1604–5 Timon of Athens (with Thomas Middleton) 1605 King Lear 1605–6 Macbeth (revised by Middleton) 1606 Antony and.
Page
William Shakespeare George Hunter. King Lear 1605–6 Macbeth (revised by Middleton) 1606 Antony and Cleopatra 1606 Pericles (with George Wilkins) 1607 Coriolanus 1608 The Winter's Tale 1609 Cymbeline 1610 The Tempest 1611 1613 Henry VIII ...
William Shakespeare George Hunter. King Lear 1605–6 Macbeth (revised by Middleton) 1606 Antony and Cleopatra 1606 Pericles (with George Wilkins) 1607 Coriolanus 1608 The Winter's Tale 1609 Cymbeline 1610 The Tempest 1611 1613 Henry VIII ...
Page
... King Lear today, in the wake of the countless theatrical productions, critical commentaries and works of scholarship it has engendered over the last four centuries – to say nothing of the plethora of films, novels, plays, poetry, music ...
... King Lear today, in the wake of the countless theatrical productions, critical commentaries and works of scholarship it has engendered over the last four centuries – to say nothing of the plethora of films, novels, plays, poetry, music ...
Page
... Lear of Shakespeare', he concluded, 'cannot be acted', because it is 'essentially impossible to be represented on a stage'. Fortunately, theatre directors and acting companies from Lamb's time to our own have paid no ... King Lear was in.
... Lear of Shakespeare', he concluded, 'cannot be acted', because it is 'essentially impossible to be represented on a stage'. Fortunately, theatre directors and acting companies from Lamb's time to our own have paid no ... King Lear was in.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
actors ALBANY arms bastard beggar Burgundy Cordelia Cornwall daughters death dost Dover Dr Johnson Duke Duke of Albany Duke of Cornwall Edmund Elizabethan Enter Edgar Enter Lear Exeunt Exit eyes F reading father fear feel Folio follow Fool Fool’s fortune foul fiend France GENTLEMAN give Gloucester’s gods Gonerill Gonerill and Regan grace Harsnet’s hast hath heart Henry VI honour i’the justice KENT Kent’s King Lear kingdom knave knights Lear’s letter look lord madam man’s matter means nature noble nuncle o’er o’the omitted Oswald perhaps poor Poor Tom Pray presumably prose in Q Q and F Q corrected Quarto Regan Richard III scene seems sense servant Shakespeare Shakespeare’s plays sister speak speech stand storm sword tears theatrical thee There’s thine things Titus Andronicus Tom’s tragedy trumpet villain Who’s Winter’s Tale words wretches