The One King Lear
Author | : Brian Vickers |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 2016-04-04 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780674504844 |
ISBN-13 | : 0674504844 |
Rating | : 4/5 (44 Downloads) |
Download or read book The One King Lear written by Brian Vickers and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-04 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1980s influential scholars argued that Shakespeare revised King Lear in light of theatrical performance, resulting in two texts by the bard’s own hand. The two-text theory hardened into orthodoxy. Here Sir Brian Vickers makes the case that Shakespeare did not cut his original text. At stake is the way his greatest play is read and performed.