Hierarchical collection of pages (posts) for King Lear, including material for McKellen film, the play itself, background on the play, creative engagement with the play, educational material for teaching the play, and ways to have fun with the play.
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Full victory is theirs. Leir cedes the kingdom to the Gallian King and his daughter. Leir recognizes at last the nature of Cordella’s love, Perillus’ loyalty, and Mumford’s valor, which made fugitives of Cornwall, Gonorill, Cambria, and Ragan. He asks for some time to rest, ...
Cornwall and Cambria individually recognize that the day is lost, that the people have turned against them. Cambria has grown to fear a devil in the other camp who has hounded him mercilessly. Mumford enters—he is the man—and chases Cambria out the door, admitting that ...
The Gallian King, apparently addressing a group, pledges them no harm if they re-subscribe to Lier, explaining the daughters’ betrayal of their father. A nobleman says, in effect, you should have told us sooner, and we would not have greeted you with arms. They will ...
Men and women are on the stage half naked. The captains come in, swords drawn, looking for the watchmen, whose lack of warning has lost the town to invaders without a fight. They suspect the truth, the watchmen come in to confirm it in deed ...
The Gallian King comes in with his army, realizing that they have landed with ease, everyone “dead asleep.” They will wake them up and rout them, half-naked. Scene 27 . . . Directory . . . Scene 29 Scene 28 Enter the King of Gallia ...
A captain orders two watchmen to be vigilant, and leaves them to their duties. As nothing has happened on their watch for 30 years, they decide to watch a pot of ale instead, making up a series of puns on beacon and fire to justify ...
About to embark for England, the Gallian King gives a rousing speech to this army, hoping for an easy victory, but promising personal assistance if the going should be more difficult. Mumford joins with a promise to restore Leir or die, to which Leir gives ...
Alone, Ragan worries. She has not seen the assassin since he was supposed to have done his deed. She suspects he may have been persuaded otherwise, in which case Leir is undoubtedly in France. She wishes for the strength of a man, wondering “why should ...
In one of the play’s longest scenes, the disguised trio from France has walked a significant extent. Cordella is joyful that they have been able to mix with the common people. They see at some distance Leir and Perillus, but, owing to the miserable condition ...
