Shakespeare Made Easy: King Lear

by William Shakespeare, Alan Durband (Editor)

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Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.

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I made the mistake of seeing a production without adequately preparing myself. After seeing Ian McKellen play King Lear in a production recorded live by the National Theatre, I decided to read the translation. It was still helpful to me as I could remember how scenes looked, I definitely recommend using books from this series before venturing to the theatre, You can understand so much more of the plot.

While I was seeing this show, I was impressed with how long, how brutal, and how political it was. Very powerful. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
William Shakespeare	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Durband, Alan	Editor	main author	all editions	confirmed
Flower, Celeste	Editor	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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