Introduction
This study guide is for the play King Lear. King Lear is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. The play was written between 1603 and 1606 and later revised. Shakespeare's earlier version, The True Chronicle of the History of the Life and Death of King Lear and His Three Daughters, was published in quarto in 1608. The Tragedy of King Lear, a more theatrical version, was included in the 1623 First Folio. Modern editors usually conflate the two, though some insist that each version has its individual integrity that should be preserved.
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Author: William Shakespeare
Published July 1994
118 Pages
ISBN #: 0486280586
26 Chapters
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