This edition first published in 1966. Previous edition published
1965 by the University of California Press.
Perhaps more than any other play of Shakespeare's King Lear has
been subjected to almost totally contradictory interpretations. In
the first historical section of the book the author describes the
varying concepts of the play and the distortions of text and even
plot that have been widely used. Garrick's playing of Lear as a
pathetic and down-trodden old man. Laughton's and Olivier's
versions and Herbert Blaus's theory of the 'subtext' are described
and analysed. The central section of the book examines the
medieval, folk and romance sources of the play. The final chapter
illustrates how the action of the play and its pervading violence
and evil are not explained in terms of human motive and rely for
their meaning more on their effects than their antecedents. An
important theme is the play's examination of society and the ties
of service and family love.
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