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“Throughout my years as an English major, English teacher, drama director, librarian and Shakespeare lover, I somehow never got around to reading LEAR. A few months ago, I watched Akira Kurosawa's RAN and decided to read the play upon which it was based. The play is relatively short, and like many of Shakespeare's tragedies, it is savagely brutal with a high body-count. Kurosawa's film, set in feudal Japan, improves upon an already great story. ”
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“King Lear has to be Shakespeare's most tragic of the tragedies. Not only does it follow the rule that everyone dies at the end (sorry to ruin the ending, but it is a major plot point in all of his tragedies and you were bound to figure this out as time went on), but there are so many other elements of tragedy, jealousy, misunderstandings, and more that make it one of Shakespeare's greatest plays.
Ione Green wrote this review Wednesday, April 18, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
King Lear is one of the tragedies that focuses not only on the main character, King Lear, but on other characters as well, more specifically, the characters of Gloucester, Edmund, and Cordelia. While the reader is experiencing Lear's decent into madness, they are also experiencing the tragic lives of Lear's daughters, his friend Gloucester and his sons, Edmund and Edgar. King Lear is the latest of Shakespeare's tragedies and the fact that he focuses not only on the individual tragedy of just one character, but multiple characters only goes to show how far Shakespeare had come. How far his craft had evolved and came to be the masterpiece that King Lear is today.
I highly recommend this play to everyone. Not only is it one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies, but it is also one of Shakespeare's greatest plays, one of his greatest underestimated plays. When people hear "Shakespearean Tragedy" their first thoughts go to Romeo & Juliet, but I think that their first thoughts should really be going to King Lear. Read this play and you will have known what tragedy is; what it means to truly live. ”
“It was a behemoth of a play and this one for some reason just didn't click. Not my cup of tea.”
Lxpetrik wrote this review Sunday, April 15, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Suculenta narración, bellamente orquestada, narrada y adornada, digna rival de Hamlet, en cuento si no se tratase de un viejo como su principal protagonista y desdichado.”
Juan Giraldo wrote this review Thursday, April 12, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Woohoo! Great Shakespeare as usual. ”
Paul Goudarzi-Fry wrote this review Tuesday, April 10, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Oh, the decay of family. Makes for a great play (and many reality shows).”
ARW wrote this review Sunday, February 12, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“The last of the major plays I hadn't yet read. I pretty much knew what to expect, I suppose, but I found the plot awfully thin.
Andrew S wrote this review Monday, January 9, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Read this on the plane on the way to and from Baltimore for Uncle Don's funeral.”
“This book was depressing. Didn't really like it.”
Jamie Yates wrote this review Saturday, December 17, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Almost worthy of 3 stars... a VERY high 2...”
Megan Taylor wrote this review Saturday, December 17, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Couldn't finish. I had always wanted to read this after seeing Akira Kurosawa's "Ran", which is a magnificent cinematic reimagining of this english classic. I really enjoyed the cinematography and scope of the epic film. By comparison, the source material was just too tedious for me.”
ScoLgo wrote this review Monday, October 17, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
