Culled from the pages of the horror magazine, Fangoria, interviews and articles survey the writing of best-selling horror writers Stephen King and Clive Barker and the films and television shows based on it. Original.

Product Description: ing Lear is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It depicts the gradual descent into madness of the title character, after he disposes of his kingdom giving bequests to two of his three daughters based on their flattery of him, bringing tragic consequences for all...read more

Product Description: ing Lear is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It depicts the gradual descent into madness of the title character, after he disposes of his kingdom giving bequests to two of his three daughters based on their flattery of him, bringing tragic consequences for all...read more

Product Description: ing Lear is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It depicts the gradual descent into madness of the title character, after he disposes of his kingdom giving bequests to two of his three daughters based on their flattery of him, bringing tragic consequences for all...read more

Easy to Read Shakespeare. Classic William Shakespeare Series. The Tragedy of King Lear by William Shakespeare. King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The title character descends into madness after foolishly disposing of his estate between two of his three daughters based on their flattery, bringing tragic consequences for all. The play is based on the legend of Leir of Britain, a mythological pre-Roman Celtic king.

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King Lear has set his daughters a test to prove how much they love him. Goneril and Regan flatter the old king, but his youngest daughter, Cordelia, loves him too much to play the game. In a moment of anger, Lear banishes Cordelia. Can any good come out of this rash decision?

An edition of Shakespeare's tragedy, including discussion of its plot, themes, characters, language, production, and author.

This is the first fully annotated, critical edition of King Lear to appear for forty years. It includes a comprehensive account of Shakespeare's sources and the literary, political, and folkloric influences at work in the play, a detailed reading of the action, and a substantial stage history of major productions. Jay Halio is concerned to clarify, for those approaching the play for the first time, the vexed question of its textual history. Unlike previous editions, his does not present a conflation of the Quarto and the Folio. Accepting that we have two versions of equal authority, the one derived from Shakespeare's rough drafts, the other from a manuscript used in the playhouses during the seventeenth century, Professor Halio chooses the Folio as the text for this edition. He explains the differences between the two versions and alerts the reader to the rival claims of the Quarto by means of a sampling of parallel passages in the introduction and by an appendix which contains annotated passages unique to the Quarto.

Two families torn by jealousy, ingratitude, and rage drive a kingdom to civil war and madness. This complete, line-by-line translation makes the language of Shakespeare's tragedy contemporary while preserving the metrical rhythm, complexity, and poetic qualities of the original. By capturing both sound and sense without the need for glosses or notes, readers can share the challenge, comprehension, and delight of audiences four hundred years ago—the way Shakespeare intended. Original.

Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.

Culled from the pages of the horror magazine, Fangoria, interviews and articles survey the writing of best-selling horror writers Stephen King and Clive Barker and the films and television shows based on it. Original.