num_pages: 320
description: Part of "The New Penguin Shakespeare" series, this text looks at "King Lear" with an introduction, a list of further reading, commentary and a short account of the textual problems of the play. The series is used and recommended by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
language: English
title: King Lear
titlecomplete: King Lear
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: 212585
publisher: Signet Classics