The Tragedy of King Lear
By William Shakespeare
A king foolishly divides his kingdom between his two scheming eldest daughters
and estranges himself from the daughter who loves him. So begins this profoundly
moving and disturbing tragedy that, perhaps more than any other work in
literature, challenges the notion of a coherent and just universe.
Banned from the English stage from 1788-1820 out of respect to King George III's alleged insanity.
Banned from the English stage from 1788-1820 out of respect to King George III's alleged insanity.
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