Publisher Description

'By far the best edition of King Lear - in respect of both textual and other matters - that we now have.'John Lyon, English Language Notes'This volume is a treasure-trove of precise information and stimulating comments on practically every aspect of the Lear-universe. I know of no other edition which I would recommend with such confidence: to students, professional colleagues and also the 'educated public'.'Dieter Mehl, Shakespeare Jahrbuch, vol 134

Table of Contents

List of illustrations General Editor preface Acknowledgements Introduction - Reading and staging King Lear - Responses and reworkings - The inception of King Lear - Texts of King Lear - Revisions and adaptation in King Lear - Casting in King Lear - Usages in this edition KING LEAR Appendix 1: Two textual problems Appendix 2: Lineation Abbreviations and References Index

Review

'Lear is trapped into a position of anger, having embarked on a game of vanity with his daughters: who loves me most?' * Michael Coveney, The Independent, 8.12.10 *
'Of all the Shakespeare roles, King Lear is the actor's Everest... To play this you need to have lived long enough to know or see suffering, madness, and human folly.' * Libby Purves, The Times, 8.12.10 *
'King Lear is perhaps the greatest of all Shakespeare's dramas, but it is so harrowing, so despairing, so graphic in its cruelty, that it is also a test of endurance.' * Charles Spencer, The Daily Telagraph, 8.12.10 *
'If Shakespeare's plays were mountains, King Lear would be the entire Himalayas.' * Paul Callan, Daily Express, 8.12.10 *
'The play - arguably the Bard's greatest' * Paul Callan, Daily Express, 8.12.10 *
''Lear' is an undeniably majestic work; * Matt Wolf, The International Herald Tribune, 14.12.10 *

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King Lear is one of Shakespeare's most well known and powerfully moving tragedies. ..'By far the best edition of King Lear - in respect of both textual and other matters - that we now have.' John Lyon, English Language Notes..'This volume is a treasure trove of precise information and stimulating comments on practically every aspect of the Lear universe. I know of no other edition which I would recommend with such confidence: to students, professional colleagues and also the 'educated public'.' Dieter Mehl, Shakespeare Jahrbuch, vol 134..

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Lear is trapped into a position of anger, having embarked on a game of vanity with his daughters: who loves me most?

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A definitive edition of one of Shakespeare's most powerful, moving and eternally popular plays.

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