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King Lear
(Part of Folger Shakespeare Library)  
By William Shakespeare
This edition: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
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FOLGER Shakespeare Library

The world's leading center for Shakespeare studies

Each edition includes:

• Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play

• Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play

• Scene-by-scene plot summaries

• A key to famous lines and phrases

• An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language

• An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play

• Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books

Essay by Susan Snyder

The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is home to theworld's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet forShakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open tothe public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performancesand programs. For more information, visit www.folger.edu

Shakespeare Theatre of NJ Opens 2010 Season With TAMING OF THE SHREW 6/2-27
Broadway World, June 27, 2010
...The Shakespeare Theatre Of New Jersey begins its 2010 season with one of William Shakespeare's most popular comedies - The Taming of the Shrew. Directed by Bonnie J. Monte, who is celebrating her 20th Anniversary Season as artistic director ...
News & Reviews: Acclaimed actor Simon Callow takes on William Shakespeare at the Liverpool Playhouse
Chester Chronicle, June 18, 2010
...Wilde, Callow is now at the Liverpool Playhouse to take on the greatest writer of them all ? William Shakespeare. The Man From Stratford ? which can be seen at the Playhouse until June 19 ? is an exploration of the man?s life and his most ...
Are plays proper literature? | David Jays
Guardian.co.uk, May 27, 2010
...the dark. It remains a searing, very personal encounter. Yes, plays change with each production. Rupert Goold makes King Lear a dotty argument about England , Trevor Nunn an operatic lament for humans abandoned by the gods. But novels, too, ...
PRIVATE LIFE by Jane Smiley
Book Reporter, May 21, 2010
...characters and experiences. This is not the first time Smiley has done this. She gave similar homage to William Shakespeare with her 1991 novel, A THOUSAND ACRES, a modern retelling of the King Lear saga that won Smiley her Pulitzer and was ...
‘All’s Well’ at Shakespeare Theatre of NJ
Morris County Daily Record, May 12, 2010
...Season    MADISON, NJ — The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey begins its 2010 season with one of William Shakespeare’s most popular comedies – The Taming of the Shrew .   Directed by Bonnie J. Monte, who is celebrating her 20 ...
Will Contested
Christian Science Monitor, May 11, 2010
...Maybe a famed philosopher scientist. Or a certain grand lady who may have had spare time to write “King Lear” when she wasn’t busy ruling England. External Links Visit book editor Marjorie Kehe's Fan page (Facebook.com) Great minds ...
Book review: Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare?
The Scotsman, April 11, 2010
...SEXTON IN 2006, James Shapiro won the Samuel Johnson Prize for 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare. The book was a smart response to us having so little evidence of Shakespeare's personal history. Tracking him as closely as ...
Who wrote Shakespeare’s plays?
Herald Scotland, April 6, 2010
...Contested Will. Some years ago the inflammatory, right-wing politician Enoch Powell appeared in a television programme in which William Shakespeare was put on trial, accused of not being the author of the plays long attributed to him. Powell ...
'Contested Will' book review: Scholarly whodunit leaves no doubt about the Bard
New Jersey Online, April 4, 2010
...One comes away from this deeply researched book confident that William Shakespeare indeed wrote the plays that bear his name, and that the few facts of his personal life that James Shapiro has been able to uncover after a lifetime of ...
Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare?, By James Shapiro
The Independent, March 25, 2010
...hums with all the learning and panache that made Shapiro's 1599: a Year in the Life of William Shakespeare such a treat. No credible scholar has ever given such polite, even sympathetic scrutiny to the 150-year record of snobbery, fantasy ...
Fool, By Christopher MooreThe Final Act of Mr Shakespeare, By Robert Winder
The Independent, March 18, 2010
...and sex, the latter notably at the hands of a Quasimodo called Drool. He is the sidekick of King Lear's ever-resourceful Fool, the irrepressible Pocket. Drool either masturbates abstractedly in the palace laundry he is eventually promoted to ...
Who really wrote Shakespeare’s plays?
Taipei Times Online, March 16, 2010
...history of the playwright through the prism of a single year. 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare was one of those books that seems so obvious it’s amazing no one had thought of it before. Shapiro’s chosen date was inspired: ...
2010-'11 schedule for Milwaukee area theaters
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 13, 2010
...3-Oct. 23. *** AMERICAN PLAYERS THEATRE Spring Green (608) 588-2361 Up-the-Hill Theatre "As You Like It," by William Shakespeare, June 5-Oct. 6; "All's Well That End's Well," by William Shakespeare, June 11-Oct. 1; "Another Part of the ...
Who really wrote Shakespeare?
Guardian.co.uk, March 13, 2010
...William Shakespeare: a painting believed to be the only authentic image made during his life, c.1610. Photograph: Oli Scarff/ Five years ago, James Shapiro, an American academic teaching at Columbia ...
Long Awaited Sequel Examines Shakespeare's Plays in Light of His Catholic Faith
Christian News Wire, February 26, 2010
...Catholic Presence in the Plays', gives further evidence of what many people have long suspected: that the famous William Shakespeare was indeed a Catholic. Fulfilling the promise he made in his previous book, 'The Quest for Shakespeare', ...
Donmar Celebrates 2010 with Sondheim, Mendes, Roger; Full Season Announced
Broadway World, February 19, 2010
...production of Passion - have been revealed; and Michael Grandage has been confirmed to direct Derek Jacobi in King Lear. In addition to the above season of work, the Donmar will launch a new initiative at the Trafalgar Studios - Donmar ...
Five More Films That Should Be On DVD
Suite101.com, February 5, 2010
...that Criterion should have released by now. Criterion has released several other of Louis Malle's films. 5. King Lear (1987) King Lear with Molly Ringwald as Cordelia? Hell, yeah. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard (who also appears in the film), ...
Plagiarism: in the words of someone else… there's little new in literature
Guardian.co.uk, January 16, 2010
...was a provincial arriviste and inveterate plagiarist, "an upstart crow, beautified with our feathers". This denunciation of young William Shakespeare was a deranged polemic by a dying man, but actually it was not so far from the mark. If ...
‘Murder on Bearskin Neck’ book signing is Saturday
Wicked Local Rockport, December 11, 2009
...At times, Quitnot’s only confidant is her dear friend Willie, as she calls him, otherwise known as William Shakespeare. Caulfield begins each chapter with a well-fitting quote from a Shakespeare play, namely, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear. ...
Review: 'Equivocation' at Seattle Rep
Seattle Times, November 27, 2009
...playwright ? in "Equivocation," now playing at Seattle Repertory Theatre. Related 'Equivocation' Other than his magnificent plays, William Shakespeare left few traces of his life behind for posterity. That's frustrated many theater-lovers. ...
'Fool' is Christopher Moore at funniest, filthiest
StarBanner.com, July 2, 2009
...rooted in extensive Biblical research. Such is the style of Moore's latest book, 'Fool.' Moore takes on William Shakespeare's tragedy 'King Lear' and tells it as a naughty British comedy. The tale of Pocket the jester is a cauldron of Billy ...
'Is It Better to Be Loved Than Feared, Or Vice Versa?' [book review]
AllAfrica.com, June 22, 2009
...seek to 'defend the state against attack'?. The writings of Herodotus on Cyrus the Great, and of William Shakespeare on various kings, are cited to support on this theme. Then the author notes, 'Rulers looking for inspiration from the modern ...
Features & reviews
Guardian Unlimited, June 6, 2009
...Sansom savours the detail in a mammoth celebration of early 20th century avant-garde poets Audiobook review: Shakespeare Appreciated: King Lear Who could deny that poetry and plays are totally transformed when you hear rather than read them, ...
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