King Lear (Cambridge)”

by Rex Gibson, Elspeth Bain, Nic Amy, Vicki Wienan, Richard Andrews, William Shakespeare

An improved, larger-format edition of the Cambridge School Shakespeare plays, extensively rewritten, expanded, and produced in an attractive new design. The Rex Gibson active approach to classroom Shakespeare enables students to inhabit Shakespeare’s imaginative world in accessible and creative ways, sharing Shakespeare’s love of language, interest in character, and sense of theatre. Substantially revised and extended, classroom activities are thematically organised in distinctive stagecraft, writing, language, characters, and themes features. Expanded endnotes include extensive essay-writing guidance for ‘King Lear’ and Shakespeare, and extended glossaries are aligned with the play text for easy reference. Includes rich, exciting colour photos of global performances of ‘King Lear’.