The latest Arden edition of King Lear.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English dramatist, poet, and
actor, generally regarded as the greatest playwright of all
time.
R.A. Foakes is Professor Emeritus at University of California
'Lear is trapped into a position of anger, having embarked on a
game of vanity with his daughters: who loves me most?'
*Michael Coveney, The Independent, 8.12.10*
'Of all the Shakespeare roles, King Lear is the actor's Everest...
To play this you need to have lived long enough to know or see
suffering, madness, and human folly.'
*Libby Purves, The Times, 8.12.10*
'King Lear is perhaps the greatest of all Shakespeare's dramas, but
it is so harrowing, so despairing, so graphic in its cruelty, that
it is also a test of endurance.'
*Charles Spencer, The Daily Telagraph, 8.12.10*
'If Shakespeare's plays were mountains, King Lear would be the
entire Himalayas.'
*Paul Callan, Daily Express, 8.12.10*
'The play - arguably the Bard's greatest'
*Paul Callan, Daily Express, 8.12.10*
''Lear' is an undeniably majestic work;
*Matt Wolf, The International Herald Tribune, 14.12.10*
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