King Lear - Softcover

Shakespeare, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8809020871 ISBN 13: 9788809020870

Publisher: Giunti Editore, 2001

Synopsis

'The most perfect specimen of the dramatic art existing in the world' Percy Bysshe Shelley

Shakespeare's bleak and brutal tragedy begins when an ageing king, seeking a successor, rejects the young daughter who loves him and misplaces his trust in her malevolent sisters. In return they strip him of his power and condemn him to a wretched wasteland of horror and insanity. Set in a pitiless universe, King Lear is a towering, elemental masterpiece of fierce poetry and vast imaginative scope.

Used and Recommended by the National Theatre

General Editor Stanley Wells
Edited by George Hunter
Introduction by Kiernan Ryan

Edition details

• Publisher: Giunti Editore
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8809020871
• ISBN 13: 9788809020870
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144