Each note, each gloss, each commentary reflects the stage life of the play with constant reference to the challenge of the text in performance. In the same way that only actors ...

"King Lear, one of Shakespeare's darkest and most savage plays, tells the story of the foolish and purblind Lear, who divides his kingdom, as he does his affections, according ...

In addition to the text of the classic tragedy, this study provides information on Shakespeare, his plays, and the Elizabethan theatre

Shakespeare's play with a contemporary line-by-line paraphrase printed on the facing pages.