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King Lear / William Shakespeare.

King Lear is based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between two of his daughters, having cut off the third for speaking her truth. As a result of his poor judgement he becomes destitute and insane yet at the crux of political machinations. King Lear was first performed in 1606 and though it was often revised after the English Restoration for audiences who disliked its dark and depressing tone and sought more cheerful entertainment, since the 19th century Shakespeare's original play has been regarded as one of his supreme achievements. This edition is based on the First Folio and includes an extensive introduction that examines the origins of the work, the plot and the characters, as well as notes on the text, a glossary and a timeline of Shakespeare's life and work.
Author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Published: London : Arcturus, 2023.
208 pages ; 20 cm.
Arcturus Shakespeare editions

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King Lear / William Shakespeare ; editors, Abigail Rokison-Woodall, Simon Russell Beale.

King Lear has ruled for many years. As age overtakes him, he divides his kingdom amongst his children. Misjudging their loyalty, he soon finds himself stripped of all the trappings of state, wealth and power that had defined him. 'Arden Performance Editions' are ideal for anyone engaging with a Shakespeare play in performance. With clear facing-page notes giving definitions of words, easily accessible information about key textual variants, lineation, metrical ambiguities and pronunciation, each edition has been developed to open the play's possibilities and meanings to actors and students.
Author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Published: London : The Arden Shakespeare, 2022.
400 pages ; 22 cm.
Arden performance editions

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1606 : Shakespeare and the year of Lear / James Shapiro.

This title traces Shakespeare's life and work from the autumn of 1605, when the author came upon an old and anonymous play - 'The True Chronicle History of King Leir' - in one of the bookstalls near his Silver Street lodgings. From there, the author traces the story's transformation into 'King Lear' as we know it - and then to 'Macbeth', written in 1606.
Author: Shapiro, James, 1955-
Published: London : Faber & Faber, 2016.
xiii, 423 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (black and white) ; 20 cm

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1606 : William Shakespeare and the year of Lear / James Shapiro.

This title traces Shakespeare's life and work from the autumn of 1605, when the author came upon an old and anonymous play - 'The True Chronicle History of King Leir' - in one of the bookstalls near his Silver Street lodgings. From there, the author traces the story's transformation into 'King Lear' as we know it - and then to 'Macbeth', written in 1606.
Author: Shapiro, James, 1955-
Published: London : Faber & Faber, 2015.
xi, 423 pages, 8 unnumbered pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 22 cm

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King Lear / William Shakespeare ; retold by Chris Rice.

King Lear is old but not wise. He loves the two daughters who secretly hate him. He hates the only daughter who really loves him. In time, he discovers his mistake. Has he learnt his lesson? Or will his proud and angry nature bring him even more sadness and pain?
Author: Rice, Christopher
Published: Harlow : Pearson Education, 2010.
viii, 54 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Penguin readers. Level 3

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Timon of Athens / William Shakespeare.

After squandering his wealth, a rich Athenian gentleman finds himself deep in debt. Unshaken by the prospect of bankruptcy, he is certain that the friends he's helped so often will come to his aid. But he quickly finds that their promises fall away to nothing.
Timon of Athens has struck many readers as rough and unpolished, perhaps even unfinished, though to others it has appeared as Shakespeare's most profound tragic allegory. Described by Coleridge as 'the stillborn twin of King Lear', the play has nevertheless proved brilliantly effective in performance over the past thirty or forty years.This edition accepts and contributes to the growing scholarly consensus that the play is not Shakespeare's solo work, but is the result of his collaboration with Thomas Middleton, who wrote about a third of it. The editors offer an account of the process of collaboration and discuss the different ways that each author contributes to the play's relentless look at the corruption and greed of society. They provide, as well, detailed annotation of the text and explore the wide range of critical and theatrical interpretations that the play has engendered. Tracing both its satirical and tragic strains, their introduction presents a perspective on the play's meanings that combines careful elucidation of historical context with analysis of its relevance to modern-day society. An extensive and well-illustrated account of the play's production history generates a rich sense of how the play can speak to different historical moments in specific and rewarding ways.
Author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
[New Arden ed.] / edited by Anthony B. Dawson and Gretchen E. Minton.
Published: London : Arden Shakespeare, 2008.
xx, 450 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
The Arden Shakespeare. Third series

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King Lear / William Shakespeare ; edited with a commentary by George Hunter.

Often regarded as one of the most supreme products of the human mind, this book dazzles us with power, its range and its artistry. In a world where bitterness and innocence, correction and irresponsibility effortlessly co-exist, this play takes us to the very heart of what it is to be human.
Author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Rev. [ed.] / introduced by Kiernan Ryan.
Published: London : Penguin, 2005.
lxxxiii, 279 p. ; 18 cm.
Penguin Shakespeare

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King Lear / William Shakespeare.

Author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Published: London : Penguin, 1994.
160 p. : 1 ill. ; 18 cm.
Penguin popular classics

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King Lear / William Shakespeare ; edited by G.K. Hunter.

Often regarded as one of the most supreme products of the human mind, this book dazzles us with power, its range and its artistry. In a world where bitterness and innocence, correction and irresponsibility effortlessly co-exist, this play takes us to the very heart of what it is to be human.
Author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Published: London : Penguin, 1972.
343 p. : music ; 19 cm.
The new Penguin Shakespeare

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Shakespeare survey. Vol. 55, King Lear and its afterlife / edited by Peter Holland.

Published with academic researchers and graduates in mind this survey of writings on King Lear is broad and includes contributions from a number of respected scholars.
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
350 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

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King Lear

Author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
[New ed.]
Published: London : Arden Shakespeare, 2001.
xvii, 437p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Arden Shakespeare . third series

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SHAKESPEARE : KING LEAR (CASEBOOK SERIES) (PBK.ED.) / EDITED BY FRANK KERMODE.

REV.ED.
Published: 1992.

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An essay on 'King Lear' / S.L. Goldberg.

Author: Goldberg, Samuel Louis
Published: London : Cambridge University Press, 1974.
[7],192p. ; 21cm.

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Shakespear's tragedies of love : an examination of the possibility of common readings of 'Romeo and Juliet', 'Othello', 'King Lear' & 'Anthony and Cleopatra' / by H. A. Mason

Author: Mason, H. A. (Harold Andrew)
Published: London : Chatto & Windus, 1970.
xi,290p. ; 23cm.

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The complete works of William Shakespeare : the text and order of the first folio with quarto variants and a choice of modern readings noted marginally ; to which are added Pericles and the first quartos of six of the plays with three plays of doubtful authorship ; also the poems according to the original quartos and octavos / the Nonesuch text established in 1929 by Herbert Farjeon, with a new introduction by Ivor Brown.

Author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Published: London : Nonesuch Press, 1953.
4 vols. ;

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The politics of King Lear : the seventh W. P. Ker Memorial Lecture delivered in the University of Glasgow, 23rd April, 1946

Author: Muir, Edwin, 1887- 1959
Published: Glasgow : Jackson, 1947.
24 p.

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King Lear / edited by Horace Howard Furness.

Author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
9th ed.
Published: Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott Company, [1880].
vi, 503 p.
A new variorum edition of Shakespeare
Works

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The variants in the first quarto of 'King Lear' : a bibliographical and critical inquiry / by W.W. Greg.

This inquiry deals with the variants in the first edition of King Lear. The first part looks at what the variants suggest with regard to the manner in which the book was printed, and the second part to the effect of the variants or corrections on the nature of the reading of King Lear.
Author: Greg, W.W. (Walter Wilson), 1875-1959
Published: O.U.P. printed for the Bibliographical Society, 1940 (for 1939)
192p. ; 23 cm.
Supplement to the Bibliographical Society's transactions ; No. 15

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King Lear : the first W.P. Ker memorial lecture delivered in the University of Glasgow, 27th November, 1939 / by R.W. Chambers with a note on the founder of the lectureship by David Baird Smith.

Author: Chambers, R. W. 1874-1942. (Raymond Wilson)
Published: Glasgow : Jackson, Son & Co, 1940.

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Shakspere quarto facsimilies / executed under the superintendence of F. J. Furnivall by W. Griggs [Nos. 1-13, 17] and C. Praetorius [Nos. 14-16, 18-43] with forewords or introductions by Shakspere scholars.

Author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Published: London : C. Praetorius, W. Griggs, 1880-91.
43 parts.

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The dramatic works of William Shakespeare

Author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Published: London : Printed for Thomas Tegg, 1812-15.
11 vols. ; ports., ill.

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The dramatick writings of Will. Shakspere : with the notes of all the various commentators

Author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Printed complete from the best editions of Sam. Johnson and Geo. Steevens.
Published: London : printed for, and under the direction of, George Cawthorn, 1801.
v. : ill.
Bell's ed

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The dramatick writings of Will. Shakspere : with the notes of all the various commentators

Author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
printed complete from the best editions of Sam. Johnson and Geo. Steevens.
Published: London : Printed for, and under the direction of, John Bell, 1786.
10 v. : ill. ; 8vo.

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The works of Shakespear

Author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Published: London : Printed for J. and P. Knapton, S. Birt, T. Longman and T. Shewell, H. Lintot, C. Hitch, J. Brindley, J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, R. Wellington, E. New, and B. Dod, 1747.
8 vols. ; port. (in vol. 1).

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