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Article: King Lear
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King Lear
Shakespeare's tragedy was entered in the
Stationers' Register
on 26 November 1607 ‘as it was played before the King's Majesty at Whitehall upon St Stephen's Night at Christmas last by his Majesty's servants playing usually at the Globe on the Bankside.’ It was printed in 1608 ‘for Nathaniel Butter … to be sold at his shop in Paul's Churchyard at the sign of the Pied Bull near St Austin's Gate.’ This text, known as the
Pied Bull
Quarto, was reprinted with corrections and additions in 1619 ( see
JAGGARD, WILLIAM
). The
First Folio
text contains 100 lines not in Q1, which contains about 300 not in the Folio. Editors have traditionally conflated these ...
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Article: King Lear: Act III, Scene IV
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......Enter KING LEAR, KENT, and Fool.} KENT: Here is the place...For nature to endure. [Storm still.] KING LEAR: Let me alone. KENT: Good my lord, enter here. KING LEAR: Wilt break my heart? KENT: I had rather...
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