It’s a powerful story that still resonates centuries after its first performance in the 1600s. With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of The Tragedy of King Lear is both modern and readable.

This new edition will feature the full text of Shakespeare's tragedy. This series is becoming increasingly popular in schools as English and Drama teachers discover the fabulous teaching and learning qualities of these editions.

What, then, keeps bringing us back to King Lear? For all the force of its language, King Lear is almost equally powerful when translated, suggesting that it is the story, in large part, that draws us to the play.

As the play unfolds each of the principal characters learns wisdom through suffering. This edition includes new critical essays by some of the leading lights in contemporary literary scholarship.

"The Tragedy of King Lear" by William Shakespeare is a profound exploration of family, power, and the human condition.

This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper, is annotated by Henry N. Hudson, and includes an introduction by Charles Harold Herford.