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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Page xix
... kingdom at the beginning of the play , he proposes to divide the kingdom at the end of the play , suggesting that Kent and Edgar should share power between them . Kent , wise as ever , sees the foolishness of this and gracefully ...
... kingdom at the beginning of the play , he proposes to divide the kingdom at the end of the play , suggesting that Kent and Edgar should share power between them . Kent , wise as ever , sees the foolishness of this and gracefully ...
Page xxi
... gone back , know you no reason ? GENTLEMAN Something he left imperfect in the state , which since his coming forth is thought of , which imports to the kingdom so much fear and danger that his personal return was ABOUT THE TEXT xxi.
... gone back , know you no reason ? GENTLEMAN Something he left imperfect in the state , which since his coming forth is thought of , which imports to the kingdom so much fear and danger that his personal return was ABOUT THE TEXT xxi.
Page xxii
... kingdom . So it is that the later version adds some crucial lines in the opening scene , giving a stronger polit- ical justification for the division of the kingdom : We have this hour a constant will to publish Our daughters ' several ...
... kingdom . So it is that the later version adds some crucial lines in the opening scene , giving a stronger polit- ical justification for the division of the kingdom : We have this hour a constant will to publish Our daughters ' several ...
Page xxiii
... kingdom . In 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 ...
... kingdom . In 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 ...
Page xxx
... dividing his kingdom , and weakening of the role of Albany ( including reassign- ment from him to Edgar of the play's closing speech , and thus by implication since it was a convention of Shakespearean tragedy that XXX KEY FACTS.
... dividing his kingdom , and weakening of the role of Albany ( including reassign- ment from him to Edgar of the play's closing speech , and thus by implication since it was a convention of Shakespearean tragedy that XXX KEY FACTS.
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