King Lear is widely regarded as Shakespeare's most intense, profound and powerful tragedy.
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King Lear
by William Shakespeare
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King Lear divides his kingdom among the two daughters who flatter him and banishes the third one who loves him. His eldest daughters both then reject him at their homes, so Lear goes mad and wanders through a storm. His banished daughter returns with an army, but they lose the battle and Lear, all his daughters and more, die.
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The tragedy of King Lear
2012, Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Company
in English
1585102652 9781585102655
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Book Details
Table of Contents
Introduction
Act I.
A kingdom divided
Edmund and Gloucester
Goneril's true colors
"Sharper than a serpent's tooth"
The fool's orders
Act II.
A conspiracy at hand
"Draw, you rascal!"
Edgar in the woods
Regan's false face
Act III.
The storm's fury
Gloucester's castle
"His daughters seek his death"
Malicious fortune
"Oppressed nature sleeps"
"Pluck out his eyes"
Act IV.
Wandering blind
Monsters of the deep
Kent's discovery at Dover
A daughter waits
"My Lord is dead"
"They flattered me like a dog"
A wheel of fire
Act V.
Preparing for battle
A race against time
A final howl
Edition Notes
DVD release of the production of Thirteen/WNET for Theater in America on PBS, originally broadcast 2/20/74.
Joseph Papp, producer and host ; Edwin Sherin, director ; Virginia Kassel, producer for public television ; music by Charles Gross.
Cast includes James Earl Jones (King Lear), Douglass Watson (Kent), Paul Sorvino (Gloucester), Raul Julia (Edmund), Rosalind Cash (Goneril), Lee Chamberlin (Cordelia), Ellen Holly (Regan), and other performers.
Publisher no. ID0883BDDVD (Image Entertainment)
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