"This excellent series with its supporting CDs is a vibrant addition to the study of Shakespeare on stage" Dominic Dromgoole, Artistic Director Shakespeare's Globe The Sourcebooks Shakespeare brings Shakespeare's plays to life in a revolutionary new book and CD format. For the first time, text, audio and illustration come together to create a remarkable new way of experiencing Shakespeare's timeless works. This edition of King Lear contains: Audio: Excerpts of important scenes and passages from multiple productions, allowing the reader to compare and contrast different interpretations of the play; Narration by Sir Derek Jacobi. Text: Full text of the play; A complete glossary; Production notes; Line-referenced audio indexing for each passage featured on the CD. Illustration: Photographs of great performances throughout history; Costume designs; Set renderings.

 

This book is part of a book series called Sourcebooks Shakespeare .

This book is aimed at the following children: secondary school , university .

There are 416 pages in this book. This book was published 2007 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC .

Series advisors: David Bevington, Phyllis Fay Horton Distinguished Service Professor in the Humanities at the University of Chicago; Peter Holland, the McMeel Family Chair in Shakespeare Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Text editor: Douglas Brooks, Texas A&M University Rene Weis is Professor of English at University College London and a distinguished editor and biographer of Shakespeare. David Bevington is the Phyllis Fay Horton Distinguished Service Professor in the Humanities at the University of Chicago. Peter Holland is the McMeel Family Chair in Shakespeare Studies at the University of Notre Dame.