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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... the end of Macbeth , and Octavius rules the world at the end of Antony and Cleopatra . So who rules Britain ? The answer used to be something like this . As the husband of the king's eldest daughter , Albany About the Text.
... the end of Macbeth , and Octavius rules the world at the end of Antony and Cleopatra . So who rules Britain ? The answer used to be something like this . As the husband of the king's eldest daughter , Albany About the Text.
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William Shakespeare Jonathan Bate, Eric Rasmussen. As the husband of the king's eldest daughter , Albany is the obvious candidate , but he seems reluctant to take on the role and , with astonishing stupidity given the chaos brought about ...
William Shakespeare Jonathan Bate, Eric Rasmussen. As the husband of the king's eldest daughter , Albany is the obvious candidate , but he seems reluctant to take on the role and , with astonishing stupidity given the chaos brought about ...
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... daughter seeking medical attention for her father , in Folio she is a general lead- ing an army . She has replaced ... daughters ' several dowers , that future strife May be prevented now . ... ( 1.1.41-43 ) Furthermore , Folio cuts ...
... daughter seeking medical attention for her father , in Folio she is a general lead- ing an army . She has replaced ... daughters ' several dowers , that future strife May be prevented now . ... ( 1.1.41-43 ) Furthermore , Folio cuts ...
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... Daughters , an old play of unknown authorship that was in the London theatrical repertoire in the early 1590s , but ... daughter Cordelia and to the throne . The Gloucester subplot is derived from the story of the Paphlagonian king in ...
... Daughters , an old play of unknown authorship that was in the London theatrical repertoire in the early 1590s , but ... daughter Cordelia and to the throne . The Gloucester subplot is derived from the story of the Paphlagonian king in ...
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... Daughters . With the vnfortunate life of Edgar , sonne and heire to the Earle of Gloster , and his sullen and assumed humor of TOM of Bedlam : As it was played before the Kings Maiestie at Whitehall vpon S. Stephans night in Christmas ...
... Daughters . With the vnfortunate life of Edgar , sonne and heire to the Earle of Gloster , and his sullen and assumed humor of TOM of Bedlam : As it was played before the Kings Maiestie at Whitehall vpon S. Stephans night in Christmas ...
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