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Title King Lear
Document Type Prompt Book
Reference Lear 34
Donor Paul, Henry N
Publication Date 1848
Date of Production c. 1848
Description Prompt book with minor annotations beside the parts of Lear, Physician and Old Man. Printed stage directions are underlined.
Genre Tragedy
Theme(s) Royalty, Aristocracy and Class; History, Politics and Corruption
Content Keywords age, family, royalty, betrayal, love, imprisonment, death, madness, suffering
Context Keywords costume, cast, character, cues
Shattuck Code Not in Shattuck
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.