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: Shakespeare's "King Lear" Modernised and Slightly Abridged with the Complete Original
titlecomplete: Shakespeare's "King Lear" Modernised and Slightly Abridged with the Complete Original
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: Shakespeare 2000,South Africa