UNDERSTANDING SHAKESPEARE:
King Lear
Robert A. Albano
MERCURYE PRESS
Los Angeles
UNDERSTANDING SHAKESPEARE:
KING LEAR
Robert A. Albano
First Printing: February 2012
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction 11
Act I 21
Act II 69
Act III 91
Act IV 115
Act V 137
Final Remarks 153
Comments from the Critics 165
Appendix A: Cap o’ Rushes 169
Appendix B: The Dirty Shepherdess 175
Appendix C: The Prophecy of Merlin 181