| King Lear |
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| Great quotes and images from the play can be found here: www.barbarapaul.com/ shake/lear.html |
| Humanity must perforce prey on itself, Like monsters of the deep. (IV,ii) |
| When we are born, we cry that we are come To this great stage of fools. (IV,vi) |
| The wheel is come full circle. (V,iii) |
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| William Sheridan as Lear |
| Lear and Cordelia "an engraving" |
| Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library, Department of Special Collections, Van Pelt Library, University of Pennsylvania. |
| Horace Howard Furness Memorial [Shakespeare] Library, Department of Special Collections, Van Pelt Library, University of Pennsylvania. |
| The prince of darkness is a gentleman. (III, iv) |
| I am tied to the stake, and I must stand the course. (III, vii) |
| O! let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven; Keep me in temper; I would not be mad! (I, v) |
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| Sir Alec Guiness as the Fool to Olivier's King Lear - 1946 |
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