Author: William ShakespearePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Shakespeare's Tragedy of King Lear as Performed for the First Time on Any Stage
Author: William ShakespeareShakespeare's Tragedy of King Lear As Performed for the First Time on Any Stage
Author: William ShakespearePublisher: Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN: 9781230182544
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883* edition. Excerpt: ... you yet, nor am provided For your fit welcome. Lear. Is this well spoken now? Reg. What, fifty followers? Is it not well? What should you need of more? Yea, or so many? Gon. Why might not you, my lord, receive attendance From those that she calls servants or from mine? Reg. Why not, my lord? If then they chanc'd to slack ye, We could control them. If you will come to me, --For now I spy a danger, --I entreat you To bring but five and twenty; to no more Will I give place or notice. Lear. I gave you all--Reg. And in good time you gave it. Gon. Hear me, my lord; What need you five and twenty, ten, or five, To follow in a house where twice so many Have a command to tend you? Reg. What need one? Lear. O, reason not the need; our basest beggars Are in the poorest thing superfluous. Allow not nature more than nature needs, Man's life is cheap as beast's. But for true need, --You heavens, give me that patience, patience I need! You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age; wretched in both. If it be you that stirs these daughters' hearts Against their father, fool me not so much To bear it tamely; touch me with noble anger, And let not women's weapons, water-drops, Stain my man's cheeks!--No, you unnatural hags, I will have such revenges on you both, That all the world shall--l will do such things, --What they are, yet I know not; but they shall be The terror of the earth. You think ITI weep; No, I'll not weep. I have full cause of weeping; but this heart Spavento della terra. Oh! voi credete Shall break into a hundred thousand flaws, Forse ch' io voglia piangere?... No mai Or ere I'll weep.--O fool, I shall go mad! Non piangero. Sebbene io mi abbia il veggo, rExeunt Lear, Gloster, Kent, and Fool. Di pianto alta cagion, ...
King Lear
Author: Jeffrey KahanPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135973652
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Is King Lear an autonomous text, or a rewrite of the earlier and anonymous play King Leir? Should we refer to Shakespeare’s original quarto when discussing the play, the revised folio text, or the popular composite version, stitched together by Alexander Pope in 1725? What of its stage variations? When turning from page to stage, the critical view on King Lear is skewed by the fact that for almost half of the four hundred years the play has been performed, audiences preferred Naham Tate's optimistic adaptation, in which Lear and Cordelia live happily ever after. When discussing King Lear, the question of what comprises ‘the play’ is both complex and fragmentary. These issues of identity and authenticity across time and across mediums are outlined, debated, and considered critically by the contributors to this volume. Using a variety of approaches, from postcolonialism and New Historicism to psychoanalysis and gender studies, the leading international contributors to King Lear: New Critical Essays offer major new interpretations on the conception and writing, editing, and cultural productions of King Lear. This book is an up-to-date and comprehensive anthology of textual scholarship, performance research, and critical writing on one of Shakespeare's most important and perplexing tragedies. Contributors Include: R.A. Foakes, Richard Knowles, Tom Clayton, Cynthia Clegg, Edward L. Rocklin, Christy Desmet, Paul Cantor, Robert V. Young, Stanley Stewart and Jean R. Brink
Shakespeare's tragedy of King Lear as performed for the first time on any stage, by Tommaso Salvini, at the Globe theatre, Boston, Mass. ... January 12, 1883, under the management and direction of Mr. C.A. Chizzola
Author: William ShakespeareTragedy of King Lear as Performed for the First Time on Any Stage
Author: William ShakespeareThe Tragedie of King Lear
Author: William ShakespearePublisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9781557834362
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
(Applause Books). In one of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies, the three daughters of the king of Britain are put to the test of declaring their love for their father, King Lear. The test leads to the expulsion of the favorite daughter, Cordelia; the undermining of the king; and ultimately the unraveling of Lear's sanity. In true Shakespeare fashion, greed, war, lust, and misplaced good intensions intersect to form an inevitable climax of poison and swordplay, making King Lear arguably the greatest tragedy of all time. George Bernard Shaw wrote, "No man will ever write a better tragedy than Lear" (Shaw on Shakespeare, Applause Books). If there ever has been a groundbreaking edition that likewise returns the reader to the original Shakespeare text, it will be the Applause Folio Texts. If there has ever been an accessible version of the Folio, it is this edition, set for the first time in modern fonts. The Folio is the source of all other editions. The Folio text forces us to re-examine the assumptions and prejudices which have encumbered over four hundred years of scholarship and performance. Notes refer the reader to subsequent editorial interventions, and offer the reader a multiplicity of interpretations. Notes also advise the reader on variations between Folios and Quartos. The heavy mascara of four centuries of Shakespearean glossing has by now glossed over the original countenance of Shakespeare's work. Never has there been a Folio available in modern reading fonts. While other complete Folio editions continue to trade simply on the facsimile appearance of the Elizabethan "look," none of them is easily and practically utilized in general Shakespeare studies or performances.
King Lear
Author: William ShakespearePublisher: 谷月社
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare in which the titular character descends into madness after disposing of his estate between two of his three daughters based on their flattery, bringing tragic consequences for all. Based on the legend of Leir of Britain, a mythological pre-Roman Celtic king, the play has been widely adapted for the stage and motion pictures, with the title role coveted by many of the world's most accomplished actors. Originally drafted between 1603 and its first known performance on St. Stephen's Day in 1606, the first attribution to Shakespeare was a 1608 publication in a quarto of uncertain provenance; it may be an early draft or simply reflect the first performance text. The Tragedy of King Lear, a more theatrical revision, was included in the 1623 First Folio. Modern editors usually conflate the two, though some insist that each version has its individual integrity that should be preserved. After the Restoration, the play was often revised with a happy ending for audiences who disliked its dark and depressing tone, but since the 19th century Shakespeare's original version has been regarded as one of his supreme achievements. The tragedy is particularly noted for its probing observations on the nature of human suffering and kinship. George Bernard Shaw wrote, "No man will ever write a better tragedy than Lear".
Shakespeare's Tragedy of King Lear
Author: William ShakespeareThe Tragedy of King Lear
Author: William ShakespearePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
King Lear, one of Shakespeare's darkest and most savage plays, tells the story of the foolish and Job-like Lear, who divides his kingdom, as he does his affections, according to vanity and whim. Lear's failure as a father engulfs himself and his world in turmoil and tragedy.
The Tragedy of King Lear
Author: William ShakespearePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521337298
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
King Lear banishes his favorite daughter when she speaks out against him. Little does he know that the two other daughters who praise him are actually plotting against him. New ed.