| In this critical study of King Lear, Peter Davies
provides a scene-by-scene commentary on the action, which tracks
the development of character and explores Shakespeare's handling
of the moral and spiritual issues to which the play gives rise.
He also examines attitudes to the play down the ages, from scholars,
critics and the play-going public, and demonstrates that a sceptical
era like our own finds, perhaps to its surprise, that it has
much in common with the age of Dr Johnson. Davies surveys more
recent stage and film productions to show how contemporary directors
have used King Lear to work out their social, political and
historical preoccupations. |
