King Lear (Sourcebooks Shakespeare)

✍ Scribed by Shakespeare

• Publisher: Sourcebooks MediaFusion
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 412
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This remarkable edition features a newly edited text of King Lear based on the earliest printed text of the play, along with detailed notes and performance annotations. An integrated audio CD showcases the deeper understanding and enjoyment from the power of performance.Hear…Read…See:-- Hear recordings of great contemporary and historical performances of key scenes from the play.-- Read about a modern production, from the director's point of view.-- See production notes and photos alongside the text that takes you inside the stage experience.-- See photos from contemporary stage productions and movie adaptations.-- Read and see how a modern cast approaches the play, from interviews with the actors.-- Hear and read about how a legendary voice coach (previously from the RSC) approaches the text and works with actors on “Speaking Shakespeare.”Narrated by Sir Derek JacobiText Editor: Douglas Brooks (Texas A&M)

✦ Table of Contents

Title Page......Page 2
Copyright......Page 3
Contents......Page 4
About Sourcebooks MediaFusion......Page 5
About the Text......Page 6
On the CD......Page 7
Featured Audio Productions......Page 10
Note from the Series Editors......Page 11
"But Now in the Division of the Kingdoms"......Page 16
"Meantime We Will Express Our Darker Purposes"......Page 22
"In Thy Best Consideration"......Page 26
"Such Unconstant Starts Are We Likely to Have"......Page 27
"Unfriended, New-Adopted to Our Hate"......Page 30
The Onstage World of Kahn's Lear......Page 34
The Offstage World of Kahn's Lear......Page 37
The World of the Text......Page 39
Old King Lear and Youth Culture......Page 42
Gangster Epics, Westerns, and Family Melodramas......Page 44
"O, How This Mother Swells Up Toward My Heart!": Feminist Reinterpretations......Page 46
"My Tears Begin to Take His Part So Much, /They'll Mar My Counterfeiting": Re-Enacting Lear......Page 48
"Thou Beacon to This Under Globe": Cross-Cultural Adaptations of King Lear......Page 50
Kozintsev's Koral Lir and Kurosawa's Ran......Page 52
Dramatis Personae......Page 54
King Lear Act 1......Page 56
Act 1, Scene 1......Page 58
Act 1, Scene 2......Page 84
Act 1, Scene 3......Page 98
Act 1, Scene 4......Page 102
Act 1, Scene 5......Page 132
King Lear Act 2......Page 138
Act 2, Scene 1......Page 140
Act 2, Scene 2......Page 152
King Lear Act 3......Page 198
Act 3, Scene 1......Page 200
Act 3, Scene 2......Page 206
Act 3, Scene 3......Page 214
Act 3, Scene 4......Page 216
Act 3, Scene 5......Page 232
Act 3, Scene 6......Page 236
Act 3 Scene 7......Page 246
King Lear Act 4......Page 260
Act 4, Scene 1......Page 262
Act 4, Scene 2......Page 270
Act 4, Scene 3......Page 280
Act 4, Scene 4......Page 286
Act 4, Scene 5......Page 290
Act 4, Scene 6......Page 296
Act 4, Scene 7......Page 322
King Lear Act 5......Page 334
Act 5, Scene 1......Page 336
Act 5, Scene 2......Page 344
Act 5, Scene 3......Page 346
Keeping Shakespeare Practical......Page 380
Practically Speaking......Page 382
Listening to Shakespeare......Page 384
Speaking Shakespeare......Page 386
In the Age of Shakespeare......Page 388
Revolution and Religion......Page 389
From Country to Court......Page 392
The Advent of the Theatre......Page 394
The Next Stage......Page 397
Beyond the Elizabethan Universe......Page 399
About the Online Teaching Resources......Page 400
Acknowledgments......Page 402
Audio Credits......Page 404
Photo Credits......Page 406
Advisory Board......Page 408
Essayists......Page 409
Audio Contributors......Page 410
Back Cover......Page 412