Lear from study to stage : essays in criticism
James Ogden (Editor), Arthur H. Scouten (Editor)
The late William Ringler, Jr. and James Ogden examine the theatrical tradition from Shakespeare's time to the nineteenth century. The history of literary criticism to Bradley and beyond is sketched in the introduction, and recent criticism is described in more detail by Richard Levin. Carol Rutter's essay on the women characters in the play is inspired partly by feminist criticism and partly by recent productions. The productions of the last thirty years are covered by theater critic Benedict Nightingale, and the major film versions by Anthony Davies and Stephen Phillips. Finally, Stuart Sillars presents a "visual history," an account of artistic responses that suggests further possibilities for both research and teaching
Print Book, English, ©1997
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Associated University Presses, Madison, London, ©1997
Tragedy
305 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780838636909, 083863690X
35990360
The two-text controversy / T.H. Howard-Hill
The idea of Shakespeare and the two Lears / Grace Ioppolo
Two Lears? by Shakespeare? / Richard Knowles
Quarto and folio: a case for conflation / Robert Clare
Textual revision and the fool in King Lear / R.A. Foakes
Shakespeare and his actors: some remarks on King Lear / William A. Ringler Jr
Lear's blasted heath / James Ogden
King Lear defamiliarized / Richard Levin
Eel pie and ugly sisters in King Lear / Carol Rutter
Some recent productions / Benedict Nightingale
King Lear on film / Anthony Davies
Akira Kurosawa's Ran / Stephen J. Phillips
King Lear: toward a visual history / Stuart Sillars