King Lear

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Description: Folger Shakespeare Library The world's leading center for Shakespeare studies Each edition includes: • Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play • Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play • Scene-by-scene plot summaries • A key to famous lines and phras ... (more)

Manufacturer : Simon & Schuster
Release date : 1 January 2004
ISBN-10 : 074348276X | ISBN-13: 9780743482769

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My Version Of 1001 Novels To Read Before You Die (1001 books items)

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Best Works of Literature (Since 1000 AD) (122 books items)

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Banned, Burned, Censored (94 books items)

"Now considered to be among Shakespeare's greatest works, Lear was performed in drastically adapted form--Nahum Tate's Restoration version eliminated characters and boasted a happy ending in which Lear is restored to the throne and Cordelia survives. The play was subject to political censorship when it was banned from the English stage from 1788 to 1820, out of respect to King George III's alleged insanity. The tragic ending of King Lear was not restored until 1823, and the character of the fool "

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