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King Lear
By: Eric Rasmussen - Jonathan Bate
Language: English
Quality: Good
Genre: Classics,
ISBN: 9780230576148
SKU: BE500027900707
Pages: 240
Description: NOTE: WRITING ON FIRST BLANK PAGE AND ANNOTATION ON FEW PAGES, ONLY. INSIDE CONDITION IS GOOD. From the Royal Shakespeare Company – a modern, definitive edition of Shakespeare’s bleakest and most profound tragedy. With an expert introduction by Sir Jonathan Bate, this unique edition presents a historical overview of King Lear in performance, takes a detailed look at specific productions, and recommends film versions. Included in this edition are interviews with three leading directors – Adrian Noble, Deborah Warner and Trevor Nunn – providing an illuminating insight into the extraordinary variety of interpretations that are possible. This edition also includes an essay on Shakespeare’s career and Elizabethan theatre, and enables the reader to understand the play as it was originally intended – as living theatre to be enjoyed and performed. Ideal for students, theatre-goers, actors and general readers, the RSC Shakespeare editions offer a fresh, accessible and contemporary approach to reading and rediscovering Shakespeare’s works for the twenty-first century.