For this updated critical edition of King Lear, Professor Halio has added a new introductory section on recent stage, film, and critical interpretations of the play. He gives a comprehensive account of Shakespeare's sources and the literary, political and folkloric influences at work in the play; a detailed reading of the action; and a substantial stage history of major productions. Professor Halio chooses the Folio as the text for this edition. He explains the differences between the quarto and Folio versions and alerts the reader to the rival claims of the quarto by means of a sampling of parallel passages in the Introduction and by an appendix which contains annotated passages unique to the quarto. An updated reading list completes the edition.

List of illustrations page viii 
Preface xi 
List of abbreviations and conventions xiv 
Introduction 1 
Date and sources of Shakespeare's King Lear 1 
The play 14 
King Lear on stage and screen 32 
Recent stage, film, and critical interpretations 54 
Textual analysis, part 1 65 
Quarto and Folio compared: some parallel passages 86 
Note on the text 95 
List of characters 98 
THE PLAY 99 
Textual analysis, part 2 265 
Appendix: Passages unique to the first quarto 293 
Reading list 
 

Jay L. Halio is Professor of English at the University of Delaware.

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