The history of King Lear /
Tate adapted Shakespeare's tragedy into a Restoration tragicomedy, changing bloodbath to a happy ending, recasting the tragic hero in acts I and II, expanding the female roles (a tribute to the new practice of having women actors on the Restoration stage), and marrying Edgar and Cordelia
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| Format: | Government Document Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
[1975]
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| Series: | Regents restoration drama series
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