King Lear

<p>'The most perfect specimen of the dramatic art existing in the world' Percy Bysshe Shelley<br><br>Shakespeare's bleak and brutal tragedy begins when an ageing king seeking a successor rejects the young daughter who loves him and misplaces his trust in her malevolent sisters. In return they strip him of his power and condemn him to a wretched wasteland of horror and insanity. Set in a pitiless universe <i>King Lear</i> is a towering elemental masterpiece of fierce poetry and vast imaginative scope.<br><br>Used and Recommended by the National Theatre<br><br>General Editor Stanley Wells<br>Edited by George Hunter<br>Introduction by Kiernan Ryan</p>