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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | King Lear |
| Document Type | Prompt Book |
| Reference | Lear 8 |
| Primary Association | Forrest, Edwin |
| Theatre | Drury Lane; Covent Garden |
| Place of Production | New York; London |
| Country of Production | United States; Great Britain |
| Date of Production | 1850s |
| Description | An older prompt book revised to match Forrest's version. The happy ending, though marked for performance, has been pinned shut as if the tragic ending were to be substituted. |
| Genre | Tragedy |
| Theme(s) | Royalty, Aristocracy and Class; History, Politics and Corruption |
| Roles | Mr Kean - King Lear; Mr Macready - Edmund |
| Content Keywords | age, family, royalty, betrayal, love, imprisonment, death, madness, suffering |
| Context Keywords | costume, cast |
| Edition | Oxberry edition, 1820 |
| Shattuck Code | KL 45 |
| Play | King Lear |
| Library | Folger Shakespeare Library |
| Note | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Folger Shakespeare Library's online catalogue and 'The Shakespeare Prompt books, A Descriptive Catalogue' by Charles H. Shattuck. |