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King Lear is widely considered to be Shakespeare's greatest and most challenging play. This unique volume features: a scene-by-scene commentary that traces the play's on-stage life and an audience's progressive experience of performance a close reading of the text that leads to a re-assessment of the tragedy's achievement discussion of the play's sources, and its cultural and political context accounts of major performances on stage and screen, and of notable critical assessments. Inspiring and stimulating, this essential study of King Lear in both text and performance offers a path to a…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
King Lear is widely considered to be Shakespeare's greatest and most challenging play. This unique volume features:
a scene-by-scene commentary that traces the play's on-stage life and an audience's progressive experience of performance
a close reading of the text that leads to a re-assessment of the tragedy's achievement
discussion of the play's sources, and its cultural and political context
accounts of major performances on stage and screen, and of notable critical assessments.
Inspiring and stimulating, this essential study of King Lear in both text and performance offers a path to a fuller knowledge of Shakespeare's verbal, theatrical and imaginative art.
An essential student guide to the text, context and performance possibilities of 'King Lear', one of Shakespeare's most widely-studied tragedies
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Autorenporträt
JOHN RUSSELL-BROWN is an Honorary Visiting Professor at University College London, and has held chairs of English and Theatre in both England and the USA.