false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1227285327m/12938.jpg 12938 236 Synopsis 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. Folger Shakespeare Library The world's leading center for Shakespeare studies <B>Each edition includes:</B> * 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 phrases * An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language * An essay by an outstanding scholar providing a modern perspective on the play * Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books Essay by Susan Snyder The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. 2342136 book 1606 King Lear total:16119|5:5667|4:4977|3:4092|2:1240|1:246| 16119 62847 19413 506 5 32 false false Wed Oct 15 05:59:36 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 29 17:48:58 -0700 2009 King Lear included, have a feeling of the apocalyptic about them, not simply because of the death toll, which itself recommends such interpretations; but also in that Shakespeare inevitably gets to the heart of the matter: i.e., what it means essentially to be human ...more...]]> 5 8 false false Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 1972 Thu Jul 05 10:02:29 -0700 2007 Sun Apr 05 14:39:33 -0700 2009
The play has a kind ...more...]]> 5 4 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1975 Sat Nov 29 18:12:47 -0800 2008 Thu Apr 09 14:19:09 -0700 2009 Lear at the Swedish National Theatre in the late 80s, and I saw it twice. Bergman's take on the play was very interesting and unusual; he interpreted it as fundamentally optimistic.

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Well, I expected to hate it...being one of the tragedies, I didn't. I actually really loved it. (Thank you Comrade D!)Other than Cordelia, I was comletely fine with everyone who died. I did have to laugh that there were only three main characters alive at the end t...more...]]> 5 5 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 08:42:02 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 12:53:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Oct 23 07:55:00 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 23 08:17:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Tue Feb 24 20:17:51 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 20:21:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Sep 07 14:18:42 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 14:18:42 -0700 2008 William Shakespeare weaves a tale of royal treachery and ignorance.

Set in late Medieval England, the play unveils with a meeting between British monarch King Lear and his three daughters. In his attempt to retreat from royal power, Kin...more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 21:02:03 -0800 2008 Mon Aug 04 09:37:51 -0700 2008 King Lear. When I started it, I couldn't decide if I had read it one time already, or three, which seems like a pretty weird mix-up. I think it was one. Though I saw it in Stratford, performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company, which was an ins...more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Wed May 14 01:33:43 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 02 18:23:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed Dec 12 05:32:18 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 12 05:44:16 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon May 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 12 07:31:19 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 05:38:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jan 17 07:02:20 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 17 07:05:11 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 20:06:15 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 20:15:46 -0800 2009 1
Poignant Quotes:

Edmund - "This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, often the surfeits of our own behavior, we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the mo...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Jul 28 10:21:35 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 11:15:41 -0700 2009
The idea of the old generation being dumped by the new one due to the greed and hunger of power, is perhaps the oldest story in the book. I wondered, perhaps, it was for this very reason that Shakespear...more...]]> 4 0 true false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1967 Sun May 03 23:57:39 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 00:06:34 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed May 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 17:28:05 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 17:47:52 -0700 2009 2 King Lear is a masterpiece, and they're right. I'm not reviewing it. I did get a lot more out of it this time than the first time I read it, but back then I was immortal and so were my parents.

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Like many of his works lots of people die though this story lacks the na...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 11 00:52:35 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 01:18:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=12938