King Lear (Arden Shakespeare)

Author: William Shakespeare

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Price : 19.99 AUD
ISBN : 9781903436592
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint : The Arden Shakespeare
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Weight (g) : 0.471736
Publication date : May 1997
Dimensions : 198mm X 129mm X 20mm
Produced in : United States
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Author : William Shakespeare
Bind : Paperback
Edition : 3rd Revised edition
Pages : 455
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Jonathan Munby's explosive revival of Shakespeare's epic tragedy transferred to the West End following its sold-out run at Chichester Festival Theatre, performed by a celebrated cast led by Ian McKellen as the embittered monarch in a fractured kingdom. This version of the text was edited and curated specially for the production.

Two ageing fathers - one a King, one his courtier - reject the children who truly love them. Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless ambition and treachery as family and state are plunged into a violent power struggle with shocking ends.

Tender, brutal, moving and epic,King Lear is considered by many to be the greatest tragedy ever written.