num_pages: 320
description: 'The most perfect specimen of the dramatic art existing in the world' Percy Bysshe ShelleyShakespeare's bleak and brutal tragedy begins when an ageing king, seeking a successor, rejects the young daughter who loves him and misplaces his trust in her malevolent sisters. In return they strip him of his power and condemn him to a wretched wasteland of horror and insanity. Set in a pitiless universe, King Lear is a towering, elemental masterpiece of fierce poetry and vast imaginative scope.Used and Recommended by the National TheatreGeneral Editor Stanley WellsEdited by George HunterIntroduction by Kiernan Ryan
language: English
title: King Lear
titlecomplete: King Lear (No Fear Shakespeare)
characters: Edgar, Edmund, Duke of Albany, Fool, Earl of Gloucester, Goneril, Leir of Britain, Cordelia, Duke of Cornwall, Earl of Kent, Regan
genres: Read For School, Theatre, Tragedy, School, Drama, Plays, Poetry, Literature, Classics, Fiction
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publisher: SparkNotes