Understand and enjoy Shakespeare with Jennifer Mulherin's lively introductions. Follow the story of ech play, get to know the characters, find out the background, read the quotations.
This book is part of a book series called Shakespeare For Everyone .
This book is aimed at children in primary school.
There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by Evans Publishing Group .
Rene Weis is Professor of English at University College London and a distinguished editor and biographer of Shakespeare.
This book contains the following story:
King Lear
Foolish and bad-tempered, King Lear divides the kingdom between his two wicked daughters, disowns his honest youngest daughter and banishes his friends. As the kingdom falls apart and Lear';s humiliation turns him mad, will he finally realise what he has done?