King Lear, by William Shakespeare

A.C. Bradley actors Albany Analysis audience banished Bedlam blind Gloucester brother Caroline Spurgeon century characters Charles Lamb close study context Cornwall's servants critics cruelty daughters death disguise dramatic Edgar Elizabethan emphasises evil example expressed father film Focus questions Fool France Gloucester's castle gods Goneril and Regan Greenblatt heavens Heilman hovel human ideas imagery insight Jan Kott Judy Davis justice Kent Kermode killed King Lear kingdom language Lear and Cordelia Lear and Gloucester Lear's London Michael Gow night Oswald patience Paul Scofield performed Peter Brook play's poor naked wretches prayer realises redemption reference Regan and Cornwall Regan and Edmund regarded rhymes Richard Burbage role Royal Shakespeare Company says Shakespeare's plays sisters society soliloquy speak speech spiritual health stage storm scenes study of text suffering Sydney Theatre Company term Christian Communism Theatre thee themes thou tragedies tragic Wilson Knight words