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'A Forty-Minute King Lear' by Shakespeare, abridged Bill Tordoff - additional information.


'A Forty-Minute King Lear' by Shakespeare, abridged Bill Tordoff
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Period and Geography
Location: England. Time Period: Medieval
Settings and Set Complexity
Number of Sets: 0
Setting:
Set Requirements: No Set
The script includes characters in the following age range(s):
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Swearing rate: less than 1 known rude word per thousand.
We have identified the following types of language in the text:
Mild swearwords
Sexual slurs
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Style:
Abridgement of William Shakespeare's 'King Lear', with the original text cut down to 40 minutes or so.
(The abridgement is copyrighted, so we charge for scripts and copying rights, but performances are royalty-free.)
Synopsis:
The king proposes to retire and divide his kingdom amongst his daughters. The elder two, Goneril and Regan, are happy to sweet-talk their father and go along with his plans - just until they have power. Cordelia, the youngest, loves her father, but refuses to flatter him, and, as a result, is banished. Soon the elder daughters take power and dishonour their father. Edmund, illegitimate son of the Duke of Gloster, aids Goneril and Regan, but becomes a focus for their rivalry. With Lear cast out, there is war between Cordelia and her sisters. Playing-out the themes of pride, deceit and jealousy, all ends tragically.

 
 

 
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