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King Lear: Arden Performance Editions
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Ideal for actors, students, and anyone studying Shakespeare’s plays in performance. Its clear notes, accessible annotations, and practical layout make it perfect for both newcomers and experienced readers seeking deeper understanding.
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King Lear has ruled for many years. As age overtakes him, he divides his kingdom amongst his children. Misjudging their loyalty, he soon finds himself stripped of all the trappings of state, wealth and power that had defined him.
Arden Performance Editions are ideal for anyone engaging with a Shakespeare play in performance. With clear facing-page notes giving definitions of words, easily accessible information about key textual variants, lineation, metrical ambiguities and pronunciation, each edition has been developed to open the play’s possibilities and meanings to actors and students.
Designed to be used and to be useful, each edition has plenty of space for personal annotations, and the well-spaced text is easy to read and to navigate.
Each edition offers:
- Short, clear definitions of words
- Information about key textual variants
- Notes on pronunciation of difficult names and unfamiliar words
- An easy to read layout with space to write your own notes
- A short introduction to the play
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781350243620
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 21 April 2022
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: The Arden Shakespeare
Contributors:
- Volume editor Simon Russell Beale
- Volume editor Dr Abigail Rokison-Woodall
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 28.0mm
Width: 138.0mm
Height: 216.0mm
Weight: 500g
Pages: 400
About the Author
Sir Simon Russell Beale is the leading Shakespearean actor of his generation, having played King Lear, Hamlet, Macbeth, Malvolio, Timon of Athens, Benedick, Falstaf, Prospero and Richard II.
Abigail Rokison-Woodall is Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director (Education) at the Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK, and a former professional actor.
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