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''The most perfect specimen of the dramatic art existing in the world'' Percy Bysshe Shelley

Shakespeare''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 Theatre

General Editor Stanley Wells
Edited by George Hunter
Introduction by Kiernan Ryan

King Lear

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Classics
      Published 30 July 2015
      ISBN-13 9780141396460
      978-0141396460
      ISBN-10 0141396466
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      Poetry Books by William Shakespeare

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''The most perfect specimen of the dramatic art existing in the world'' Percy Bysshe Shelley

      Shakespeare''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 Theatre

      General Editor Stanley Wells
      Edited by George Hunter
      Introduction by Kiernan Ryan

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