Tonight's Play -- King Lear (1605-06)
Instead of sticking to a loose chronological approach that sets apart the whole War of the Roses series of plays for later, i am diving into one of the great plays, the consensus seems to say that Lear is a strong contender for the Bard's best. I have need to be much more familiarized with it. I like the fine film adaptation by Akira Kurasawa's RAN. There's a few recordings i have in my Audible library, as with all my initial follow throughs i will be using the Arkangel, which are always so engaging. Plus YouTube is riddled with Shakespearean content just waiting for me to be whisked away with.
Helps:
The RSC complete works has good Intros to everything
Marjorie Garber's Shakespeare After All is a collection of essays on each play
A.C. Bradley's Shakespearean Tragedy covers all the great tragedies and is an influential work itself
Running time: just over 3 hours -- with cigarette breaks and so forth 4 and a half hours
After play party of one: -- reading some of the helps on this work
Sadly the Arden edition of Lear seems to not be around for kindle all there is is a performance edition, i don't think that would suit my needs.
And in about 10.5 hours from now i will return to church after a long hiatus, i hope they don't make too much of it, or i shan't ever be back.
Helps:
The RSC complete works has good Intros to everything
Marjorie Garber's Shakespeare After All is a collection of essays on each play
A.C. Bradley's Shakespearean Tragedy covers all the great tragedies and is an influential work itself
Running time: just over 3 hours -- with cigarette breaks and so forth 4 and a half hours
After play party of one: -- reading some of the helps on this work
Sadly the Arden edition of Lear seems to not be around for kindle all there is is a performance edition, i don't think that would suit my needs.
And in about 10.5 hours from now i will return to church after a long hiatus, i hope they don't make too much of it, or i shan't ever be back.
