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GONERIL , REGAN , daughters to Lear . CORDELIA , Knights of Lear's train , Captains , Messengers Soldiers , and Attendants . SCENE : Britain . INTRODUCTION THE first edition of King Lear , in Quarto.
GONERIL , REGAN , daughters to Lear . CORDELIA , Knights of Lear's train , Captains , Messengers Soldiers , and Attendants . SCENE : Britain . INTRODUCTION THE first edition of King Lear , in Quarto.
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... first edition of King Lear , in Quarto ( Q ) , was printed in 1608 , and has the following title - page : — M. William Shak - speare : | HIS | True Chronicle Historie of the life and death of King LEAR and his three | Daughters .
... first edition of King Lear , in Quarto ( Q ) , was printed in 1608 , and has the following title - page : — M. William Shak - speare : | HIS | True Chronicle Historie of the life and death of King LEAR and his three | Daughters .
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In the first , Lear puts his three daughters to the love - test , and disinherits the youngest , who fails to satisfy it . In the second , the two favoured daughters ... In the third , the disgraced daughter rescues and restores him .
In the first , Lear puts his three daughters to the love - test , and disinherits the youngest , who fails to satisfy it . In the second , the two favoured daughters ... In the third , the disgraced daughter rescues and restores him .
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trates ) , Lear questions his daughters to ascertain which deserves the largest of the three prospective shares , thinking ' to guerdon most where favour most be found.'1 According to the second ( Spenser's ) , three equal shares have ...
trates ) , Lear questions his daughters to ascertain which deserves the largest of the three prospective shares , thinking ' to guerdon most where favour most be found.'1 According to the second ( Spenser's ) , three equal shares have ...
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A dozen years before he wrote , the author of the old Chronicle History of King Leir and his Three Daughters had attempted to evoke the pathos of Lear's sufferings , in the fashion of the days ...
A dozen years before he wrote , the author of the old Chronicle History of King Leir and his Three Daughters had attempted to evoke the pathos of Lear's sufferings , in the fashion of the days ...
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| Title | The Works of Shakespeare, Volume 9 The Eversley edition The Works of Shakespeare, Charles Harold Herford |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Publisher | Macmillan and Company, limited, 1904 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 15 Jan 2009 |
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