Author: Shakespeare, William, Ryan, Kiernan, Ryan, Kiernan Shakespeare playsPublished on 30 July 2015 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom.Paperback | 368 pages197 x 135 x 22 | 274g 'The most perfect specimen of the dramatic art existing in the world' Percy Bysshe ShelleyShakespeare'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, King Lear is a towering, elemental masterpiece of fierce poetry and vast imaginative scope.Used and Recommended by the National TheatreGeneral Editor Stanley WellsEdited by George HunterIntroduction by Kiernan Ryan
