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Field name | Value |
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Title | King Lear |
Document Type | Prompt Book |
Reference | Lear 21 |
Primary Association | Roberts, James B. |
Theatre | Burton's; Walnut Street |
Place of Production | New York; Philadelphia |
Country of Production | United States |
Date of Production | Sep 1858 |
Description | Prompt book, dated 1858. Includes, cuts, stage business and cues for effects. Roberts imitated Kean's staging arrangements. Includes playbills of Robert's production at Burton's (1858), Walnut Street (1858) and Metropolitan (1863). |
Genre | Tragedy |
Theme(s) | Royalty, Aristocracy and Class; History, Politics and Corruption |
Roles | J.B. Roberts - King Lear |
Content Keywords | age, family, royalty, betrayal, love, imprisonment, death, madness, suffering |
Context Keywords | cast, character, programme, music, costume, business, lighting, cues, property, blocking, stage, sound effects |
Visual Content | Contains an engraving of the throne scene. |
Edition | Kean edition |
Shattuck Code | KL 65 |
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. |