num_pages: 156
description: This edition of Shakespeare's King Lear is based on the first (1608) quarto and represents a significantly different version from that published in the folio of 1623, which forms the basis of the standard New Cambridge Shakespeare edition. Each has numerous unique passages and hundreds of variant readings, creating differences that affect the structure, characterization and overall impact of the play. This volume contains a substantial introduction, the text of the first quarto, a collation of variant readings and an appendix of passages unique to the Folio.
language: English
title: NCSQ: First Quarto of King Lear
titlecomplete: NCSQ: First Quarto of King Lear (The New Cambridge Shakespeare: The Early Quartos)
characters: Regan, Duke of Cornwall, Cordelia, Fool, Duke of Albany, Leir of Britain, Earl of Kent, Goneril, Edmund, Earl of Gloucester, Edgar
genres: Classics, Drama, Theatre, Plays, Read For School, Tragedy, School, Literature, Poetry, Fiction
ratings_count: 212601
publisher: Cambridge University Press