Risultati di ricerca
5 giorni fa · The story of King Lear in five simple steps. 1. Splitting a kingdom (and a family): Retiring as ruler of Britain, King Lear splits his kingdom between his two elder daughters Goneril and Regan after they flatter him – but he disowns his youngest (and favourite) daughter Cordelia after she refuses to fawn over him.
3 giorni fa · King Lear is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is loosely based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between his daughters Goneril and Regan, who pay homage to gain favour, feigning love.
5 giorni fa · Thirty years after the monarchy was restored (and 75 years after Shakespeare's version was first performed), a new version of King Lear appeared - Nayam Tate's The History of King Lear. In Tate's version, there is no Fool, Cordelia does not marry the King of France but is in love with Edgar and the play has a happy ending, with Lear restored to the throne, Cornelia declared queen and Cornelia ...
4 giorni fa · "In 16th century Japan, an aging ruler attempts to divide his kingdom among his three sons, who turn against each other and betray their father, triggering events that ultimately shatter the kingdom, destroy the family, and drive their father insane. Based on Shakespeare's King Lear."
1 giorno fa · Turn Every Page tells the story of its genesis, following Caro’s first book The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the fall of New York, another behemoth about a larger than life man, who built most of New York. The first LBJ volume, The Path to Power, came out in 1982, and here we are 42 years later waiting for the fifth and last. And Caro is ...
1 giorno fa · In King Lear, the old king commits the tragic error of giving up his powers, initiating the events which lead to the torture and blinding of the Earl of Gloucester and the murder of Lear's youngest daughter, Cordelia.
5 giorni fa · Re Lear è una delle più illustri tragedie di Shakespeare, composta tra 1605 e 1606, in piena fase matura. Il tema principale del dramma è la follia, rappresentata nel suo dispiegarsi in varie sfaccettature attraverso i diversi personaggi.
