Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

The tragedy of King Lear / King Lear William Shakespeare ; with new and updated critical essays and a revised bibliography ; edited by Russell Fraser. - 1st Signet classic printing (2nd rev. ed.). - New York, N.Y. : Penguin Group, c1998. - 275 p. ; 18 cm. - The Signet classic Shakespeare . - A Signet classic .

Includes bibliographical references.

Commentaries. From Preface to Shakespeare and "King Lear" / Samuel Johnson -- From Shakespearean tragedy / A.C. Bradley -- From Prefaces to Shakespeare / Harley Granville-Barker -- From King Lear in our time / Maynard Mack -- The woman reader in King Lear / Linda Bamber -- Staging violence in King Lear / John Russell Brown -- King Lear on stage and screen / Sylvan Barnet.

0451526937 (pbk.) : $3.95 9780451526939 (pbk.)


Lear, King of England (Legendary character) --Drama.

PR2819.A2 / F72 1998