King Lear | Litsy

King Lear | William Shakespeare

Last year, at a Christmas party, I got a calendar with Shakespearean insults as a white elephant gift. It's been amusing so far.
#Shakespeare

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Gissy

King Lear | William Shakespeare

#SpringSkies Day 22 #Tragedy

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 💜 8mo

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DHill

King Lear | William Shakespeare

Sunday morning with two of my three girls. 😉

#sideeyedog dogsoflitsy

dabbe Look at those adorable fuzzies! 🖤🐾🐾🖤 14mo

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Andrea313

King Lear | William Shakespeare

I'm unbelievably excited to be seeing one of my all-time favorite actors, Paul Gross, in King Lear today at the Stratford Festival. I'd been saving his episodes on the Outrageous Fortune podcast for the drive up, and I'm so glad I did. Listening to him talk about the play, and the struggles and rewards of making art more generally, was the perfect teaser for the performance and made me unexpectedly emotional more than once. #SeeMoreTheatre

quietjenn Ah, how cool! Have an amazing time! 1y

Ruthiella Awesome! 1y

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage This sounds like it was amazing! 13mo

Andrea313 @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage It absolutely was! I was surprised that he found so much comedy in Lear; a very different take than what I'm used to, but no less affecting. 13mo

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dabbe

King Lear | William Shakespeare

#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView
#spout

Here comes the rain again. #icanthelpit

TheSpineView Perfect choice! But I thought of the song Here Comes the Rain Again by the Eurythmics and it is now stuck in my mind 2y

dabbe @TheSpineView #ruhroh 🤣 2y

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dabbe

King Lear | William Shakespeare

#MarchMagic
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
#MCOlderThanYou (hard to find, btw! 🤣)

Eggs Don‘t I know it!! 2y

dabbe @Eggs 🤣🤣🤣❣️ 2y

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BarkingMadRead

King Lear | William Shakespeare

#currentread #shakespeareinayear #taketwo

Leftcoastzen Nice old copy! 2y

CrowCAH What are you crocheting 🧶? 2y

BarkingMadRead @CrowCAH it‘s my book blanket, for every book I finish, I crochet two rows in a color that matches the cover 🌈 2y

CrowCAH @BarkingMadRead oh that is such a neat idea! Very cool 👍🏻 2y

Cupcake12 Love this idea! Xx (edited) 2y

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ravenlee

King Lear | William Shakespeare

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I love having this Norton Shakespeare for its completeness, but dang! It is not easy on the eyes. Also, every time I drag it our hubby jokes I paid a dollar a pound…funny every time…

King Lear is a quintessential tragedy. I need to find a version to watch, now that I‘ve got more of the story down. This was my first time through this one, and I imagine I‘ll read it again someday with the kiddo.

ravenlee This was my August #bookspin @TheAromaofBooks and #17 for #roll100 @PuddleJumper 2y

melissajayne I have this book too; took a Shakespeare course in university 2y

PuddleJumper That does not look easy to read. Definitely no reading in the bath 2y

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y

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ravenlee

King Lear | William Shakespeare

Well…that‘s a mighty useful term…kind of a jack-of-all-trades…

DivineDiana 😳 2y

Sparklemn 😂 2y

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ravenlee

King Lear | William Shakespeare

Confession: I got through a BA in English and an MA in Humanities without ever taking a Shakespeare class (I read Tempest for MA). I‘m very slowly reading some on my own, and decided to tackle King Lear. I didn‘t realize there were multiple versions (should have, being Shakespeare). What to do? So I‘m reading the Conflated version that follows this side-by-side set to confuse myself less. 😆

Tamra I‘m just finishing up my coursework for an MA in Humanities, today in fact! Likewise read little Shakespeare - I think we spent a week reading some poetry, which seemed oddly to be focused on procreation if I‘m not mistaken. 2y

ravenlee @Tamra congratulations on finishing your work! I enjoyed most of my courses, I just find some of the gaps odd. 2y

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Graywacke

King Lear | William Shakespeare

I overruled a couple Shakespeare plays earlier in my list, but K gets Lear - perhaps the most difficult and complex of his plays. In many ways this is his most interesting play. And I really like bitter witty fools and imaging the Cliff of Dover on stage. And I don‘t really have many other great K‘s.

#Alphabetgame #LetterK @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

TheKidUpstairs One of my favourites. Have you read the Hogarth adaptation?

Dunbar

AnnR I admire your appreciation of Shakespeare. I had a full year of high school English devoted to his writings. Unfortunately, I don't recall a whole lot from that class and cannot bring myself to revisit Shakespeare's plays. 2y

vivastory 👏 👏 👏 Favorite adaptations? I have the Ian Mckellen & Kurosawa's Ran lined up. 2y

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Graywacke @TheKidUpstairs I haven‘t. I‘ve been scared off of those adaptations by reviews. Noting Dunbar. Thanks! 2y

Graywacke @Ann_Reads i can blame #shakespearereadalong because the group here made reading Shakespeare fun. We read only a single act a week and then talked about it. Which meant for me Sunday morning was ☕️, reading one act of WS, and some Litsy chat. That‘s how I read Lear. 2y

Graywacke @vivastory I‘ve never seen it. 🙂 while reading I found I was really impatient to see what I had just read. I think I‘m now ready to try some adaptations though. Wonder what Nextfix has. 2y

TheKidUpstairs @Graywacke they can be hit or miss, but for the most part I've enjoyed the ones I've read. New Boy by Tracy Chevalier was probably my favourite, but I also enjoyed Hag-Seed and Dunbar (both can feel a bit over the top if read as straight-up literary fiction, but they're adaptations of The Tempest and King Lear, so chaos is kind of required!) 2y

Graywacke @TheKidUpstairs thanks for sharing that! And I agree chaos would be required for those adaptations. 🙂 2y

batsy A truly magnificent play! I had a feeling you were going to pick this for K 😁 2y

Graywacke @batsy so far my first Shakespeare. 🙂 2y

batsy @Graywacke I've yet to pick him but this one definitely came to mind, as well. 2y

merelybookish @Graywacke @batsy I considered this for K as well. Hard to beat! I did not consider King John. 😉 2y

Graywacke @merelybookish lol. No, not John. 2y

batsy @merelybookish @Graywacke 😆😆 2y

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GinaKButler

King Lear | William Shakespeare

There‘s no shame in my game...checking off another Shakespeare! 📖

#bookspinbingo

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Pauline888888

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Reading “King Lear“ made me wonder why I've never thought of Shakespeare and his works before. Such a shame...
This play covered most of my favourite subjects...
Madness
A wise fool
A wretched soul (Edgar) returning stronger than ever
Love and hatred between family members
The fall of a once powerful king

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Kimberlone

King Lear | William Shakespeare

#Purple is my favorite color, and these Doc Martens are one of my favorite pairs of shoes.

#chillingphotochallenge #scarathlon #teamstoker @TheReadingMermaid

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TheSpineView I'm a purple person too!💜 5y

Buechersuechtling 🙋🏽‍♀️, purple person, too, so, yeah, I 💜 this photo 📸. 5y

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