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Transcript: 'Fool' A Funny, Ribald Retelling Of 'King Lear'
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NEAL CONAN
NPR Talk of the Nation
03-12-2009
'Fool' A Funny, Ribald Retelling Of 'King Lear'
Host: NEAL CONAN
Time 14:00-15:00 PM
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NEAL CONAN, host:
Christopher Moore previously told his readers the story of Biff, Christ's childhood pal. So Shakespeare does not seem too lofty a target. In his new book, Moore takes the Fool's license to amuse and offend and retells the searing tragedy of King Lear as a raunchy comedy.
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Article: King Lear: Act I, Scene I
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...00-00-0000 SCENE I: King Lear's palace ... The king is coming. {Sennet. Enter KING LEAR, CORNWALL, ALBANY, GONERIL, REGAN, CORDELIA, and Attendants.} KING LEAR: Attend the lords of France and Burgundy ...
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