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41) King Lear
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"A literary analysis of the play "King Lear." Includes information on the history and culture of Elizabethan England"--Provided by publisher.
44) King Lear
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
When England's aging King Lear renounces his throne to divide his kingdom among his three daughters, treachery, madness and murder soon follow. After banishing Cordelia, his most loyal daughter, Lear is betrayed and cast out by her elder sisters Regan and Goneril. Meanwhile, evil brews at the Gloucester castle as Edgar falls victim to his brother's deception. As battle lines are drawn and backs are stabbed, Lear rages against a fearsome storm....
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"For over two hundred years editors were united in their decision to bring together the King Lear texts of the Quarto (1608) and the First Folio (1623) to produce a single text that was the basis for all modern productions and interpretations. In the 1980s a group of influential scholars argued that the two texts represent distinct stages in the life of King Lear, as Shakespeare revised his play in the light of theatrical performance. In The One King...
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Largely responsible for bold American television in the 1970s, Norman Lear's name is synonymous with the sitcom. From his childhood and early career with his groundbreaking TV success (All in the Family, The Jeffersons, Good Times, Maude) and social activism, Lear proved social change was possible through an unlikely prism "laughter" and created some of the greatest moments in television history.
51) King Lear
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
Russian
Description
A dramatization of William Shakespeare's play in which tragedy occurs when an old king prematurely divides his kingdom between his daughters in the vain hope that they will care for him in his old age.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
An interesting and informative educational resource, The Themes of Shakespeare is a major new series which explores the most important issues arising from the study of Shakespeare. Including extracts from the new feature film version of 'Macbeth', starring Jason Connery and Helen Baxendale, as well as productions and performers of the Stratford Shakespeare Company, Includes specially filmed segments of Macbeth, Julius Caesar, Othello, Hamlet, Romeo...
53) King Lear
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Based on the 1997 Royal National Theatre production, widely considered the finest staging of King Lear in the past decade, Ian Holm 'touches greatness' (N.Y. Times) in Shakespeare's most sublime and difficult role.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Six celebrated hosts to tell the stories behind the stories of Shakespeare's greatest plays, revealing not just the elements in the play, but the history of the play itself. What sparked the creation of each of these works? Where did Shakespeare get his plots, and what cultural, political and religious factors influenced his writing? Why has this body of work endured so thoroughly? What, in the end, makes Shakespeare so great?
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
This lecture series introduces the plays of William Shakespeare and explains the achievement that makes him the leading playwright in Western civilization. The key to that achievement is his 'abundance.' Not only in the number and length of his plays, but also in the variety of experiences they depict, the multitude of actions and characters they contain, the combination of public and private life they deal with, the richness of feelings they express...
59) Drama for students: Volume 3presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A comic book adaptation of Shakespeare's "King Lear," in which the king foolishly disinherits his favorite daughter after she speaks out against him, and decides to split his kingdom between his other two daughters, who are secretly plotting against him.
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