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  2. King Lear - Wikipedia

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    The first page of King Lear, printed in the Second Folio of 1632. The modern text of King Lear derives from three sources: two quartos, one published in 1608 (Q 1) and the other in 1619 (Q 2), [b] and the version in the First Folio of 1623 (F 1). Q1 has "many errors and muddles". [22] Q2 was based on Q1. It introduced corrections and new errors ...

  3. Lear (play) - Wikipedia

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    Lear is a 1971 three-act play by the British dramatist Edward Bond. It is a rewrite of William Shakespeare 's King Lear . The play was first produced at the Royal Court Theatre in 1971, featuring Harry Andrews in the title role. [ 1 ]

  4. Cordelia (King Lear) - Wikipedia

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    Cordelia is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's tragic play King Lear.Cordelia is the youngest of King Lear's three daughters and his favorite. After her elderly father offers her the opportunity to profess her love to him in return for one-third of the land in his kingdom, she replies that she loves him "according to her bond" and she is punished for the majority of the play.

  5. Shakespeare's writing style - Wikipedia

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    King Lear is based on the story of King Leir in Historia Regum Britanniae by Geoffrey of Monmouth, which was retold in 1587 by Raphael Holinshed. [35] Borrowing plots in this way was not uncommon at the time. After Shakespeare's death, playwrights quickly began borrowing from his works, a tradition that continues to this day. [32]

  6. Holinshed's Chronicles - Wikipedia

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    Shakespeare's King Lear loosely follows the story detailed in the Chronicles. In the Chronicles , Leir's eldest daughters, Gonerilla and Regan , are married to the Dukes of Cornwall and Albany. After the love test Leir decrees only half of his kingdom is to be assigned to the dukes immediately, with the rest to be divided at his death.

  7. The History of King Lear - Wikipedia

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    Shakespeare gave the old story a tragic ending.. In Shakespeare's version, Lear, King of Britain, is growing old, and decides to divide his kingdom among his three daughters – Goneril, wife of the Duke of Albany, Regan, wife of the Duke of Cornwall, and the youngest daughter, Cordelia, sought in marriage by the Duke of Burgundy and the King of France.

  8. Regan (King Lear) - Wikipedia

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    In Act 3, Scene 7, after learning that the Earl of Gloucester has helped Lear escape to Dover, Regan, Goneril, and the Duke of Cornwall discuss what Gloucester's fate should be. While Regan suggests that they "hang him instantly," (3.7. 4), [ 3 ] Goneril orders that his eyes be plucked out.

  9. Anagnorisis - Wikipedia

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    Anagnorisis (/ ˌ æ n ə ɡ ˈ n ɒr ɪ s ɪ s /; Ancient Greek: ἀναγνώρισις) is a moment in a play or other work when a character makes a critical discovery.Anagnorisis originally meant recognition in its Greek context, not only of a person but also of what that person stood for.