The Cambridge King Lear CD-ROM
Text and Performance Archive
- Editors:
- Christie Carson, Royal Holloway, University of London
- Jacky Bratton, Royal Holloway, University of London
- Date Published: November 2000
- availability: Out of stock in print form with no current plan to reprint
- format: CD-ROM
- isbn: 9780521636407
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This CD-ROM offers an archive of textual and performance material relating to Shakespeare's King Lear. Over time the text of King Lear has changed drastically, due to the work of editors and theatre artists. This CD reveals the play's fluidity. From the outset King Lear existed in two very different versions, the Quarto of 1608 and the Folio of 1623, both of which are contained here in modern spelling editions and as facsimile, along with five other editions and adaptations of the text, 500 illustrations of performances, essays on international stagings of the play, extensive annotation and reference material. All are fully searchable, using DynaText software. A newly-conflated edition of the text serves as a central navigational device, taking users through the performance and textual history of each act and scene. This unique resource is intended for both library and individual purchase and as a teaching aid for university use.
Read more- Uses material from the New Cambridge Shakespeare printed editions of King Lear: Folio and Quarto, plus other 18th and 19th century texts of the play and essays on stage history in US and Australia
- Flexible searching via central 'finder' text, with multiple links to notes, illustrations and reference material
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'… the amount of material that has been gathered together in so compact a form is truly remarkable, and it is clear that a great deal of thought has gone into devising ways of making it easily accessible.' Shakespeare Yearbook
See more reviews' … the editors of this CD-ROM have succeeded in combining the texts and stage performances of King Lear from 1605 to 1998 in an extremely clear manner due to the outstanding concept and presentation.' Archiv fuer das Studium der Neueren Sprachen und Literaturen
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- Date Published: November 2000
- format: CD-ROM
- isbn: 9780521636407
- dimensions: 143 x 125 x 10 mm
- weight: 0.064kg
- availability: Out of stock in print form with no current plan to reprint
Table of Contents
1. The Texts: Finder Text
Quarto 1608
Folio 1623
The History of King Lear by Nahum Tate, 1681
King Lear, a Tragedy, by John Rowe, 1709
David Garrick's text, 1773
William Charles Macready's text, 1857
Charles Kean's text, 1858
facsimile of the 1608 Quarto
facsimile of the 1623 Folio. 2. Notes on the Text: commentary notes
staging notes
textual apparatus. 3. King Lear in Performance: English language performances from 1605–1998
500 illustrations arranged chronologically and by act and scene. 4. Critical material. King Lear an introduction Jay L. Halio
King Lear a stage history Jacky Bratton
King Lear in North America Christie Carson
King Lear in Australia Philippa Kelly
Shakespeare without his language Dennis Kennedy
5. Reference material: biographies
theatrical definitions and contexts
theatre and company desciptions
production reviews. System requirements The CD-ROM runs identically on PC Windows and Macintosh systems. All necessary search and display software and fonts are provided on the CD-ROM and do not need to be acquired separately. The following equipment is recommended: PC:
386 Or later
Windows 3.1+
8Mb of RAM
double-speed CD-ROM drive. Macintosh: system 7 or later
4Mb of RAM
double-speed CD-ROM drive.
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