... The tragedy of King Lear
By: edited by Tucker Brooke and William Lyon Phelps.
Contributors: Brooke, Tucker, 1883-1946, ed.; Phelps, William Lyon, 1865-1943, ed.
Series: The Yale Shakespeare
Publisher: Yale university press; G. Cumberlege, Oxford university press
Published: 1947
Place of publication: New Haven; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Bibliography -- Quartos; Lear, King (Legendary character) -- Drama; Inheritance and succession -- Drama; Fathers and daughters -- Drama; Kings and rulers -- Drama; Aging parents -- Drama; Britons -- Drama
Genres: Drama.
Other titles: King Lear.
Description: Lear, the King of Britain, has three daughters. Wishing to ease himself of the burden of rule, he determines to divide his kingdom between them, giving the largest share to she who can say she loves him the best.
Notes: Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. [152]-185)
With facsimile of the t.-p. of the Harvard copy of the first quarto of King Lear, 1608.
"New edition, revised by Tucker Brooke."
Published 1917 under title: The chronicle history of the life and death of King Lear and his three daughters, edited by William Lyon Phelps.