King Lear

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King Lear
Folio Society
Poetry & Plays

King Lear

William Shakespeare
Edition year 1956
Binding Cloth
Illustrator Isamu Noguchi
Weight 0.75 Kg
Pages 131
Dimensions 22.3 × 17.3 cm

Edition details

King Lear by William Shakespeare. Introduction by Donald Wolfit. 7 colour designs by Isamu Noguchi. Bound in red cloth with a quill design in red and black. Originally issued with a white dust-jacket printed in grey, black and red; also issued in later printings with a slipcase. 131pp. 22.3x17.3cm.

About the book

William Shakespeare's King Lear is one of his most powerful and tragic plays. The ageing King Lear decides to divide his kingdom among his three daughters according to how convincingly they declare their love for him. When his youngest and most devoted daughter, Cordelia, refuses to flatter him, Lear disinherits her and places his trust in her deceitful sisters, Goneril and Regan. The decision unleashes political chaos, family betrayal and personal catastrophe. As Lear gradually loses both his authority and his sanity, the play explores love, loyalty, pride, cruelty, ageing and the fragile nature of power. The parallel story of Gloucester and his sons deepens the tragedy, making King Lear a profound examination of human suffering and reconciliation.

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