William Shakespeare : King Lear / John Lennard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lennard, John.

Series:

Humanities Insights

Literature insights

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (114 p.)

Place of Publication:

Tirril [England] ; Penrith, Calif. : Humanities-Ebooks, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A theatre-based study guide toShakespeare's greatest play, emphasising the conditions of Jacobethan production, textual variations, and aspects of modern performance, rather thanthe background of ideas or critical interpretations. This book aims to introduce students (including those with little or no prior experience of the field) to the worlds of Shakespeare and his theatre revealed in King Lear. It begins by Approaching Shakespeare as utterly a man of the theatre, a professional actor before he was a playwright and a resident dramatist who knew intimately the actors for whom he wrote. It continues by discussing King Lear in that light.The middle chapters look in detail at the Actors and Players of the drama, and at Shakespeare s favourite Acts and Devices as deployed within it. A final chapter considers the concept of 'comedic agony'. The annotated Bibliography includes the current major editions, major film-adaptations, and a selection of both the best criticism and the most useful websites."

Contents:

pt. 1. Approaching Shakespeare

pt. 2. Approaching King Lear

pt. 3. Actors and players

pt. 4. Acts and devices

pt. 5. Comedic agony and King Lear

pt. 6. Critics' corner.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-05804-9

9786613058041

1-84760-174-X

OCLC:

923145062