Speak what we feel (not what we ought to say) : reflections on literature and faith / by Buechner, Frederick, 1926-

Subjects: “…Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear.…”

Landon Carter's uneasy kingdom : revolution and rebellion on a Virginia plantation/ by Isaac, Rhys

Table of Contents: “…Revolution in house and home -- Enlightenment calm -- Politics, war, and rebellion -- A troubled old regime -- King Lear into the storm.…”

Immeasurable outcomes : teaching Shakespeare in the age of the algorithm / by Greene, Gayle, 1943-

Table of Contents: “…-- "The reading thing": attending, remembering, connecting -- "The play's the thing": Taming of the shrew, A midsummer night's dream -- Teaching is an art, not an algorithm -- De-grading the professors: outcomes assessment assessed -- Growing up human: Hamlet, King Lear -- Ask a graduate…”

Reading Shakespeare reading me / by Barkan, Leonard

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Series Page -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Father Uncertain. King Lear -- 2 Athens Scrambled. A Midsummer Night's Dream -- 3 Mothers and Sons. …”
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William Shakespeare : a reader's guide / by Harbage, Alfred, 1901-1976

Table of Contents: “…Aspects of good and evil : Hamlet ; Othello ; Macbeth ; King Lear -- V. Valediction. Works: 1607 to c. 1613 : The Winter's Tale ; The Tempest.…”

Millennial stages : essays and reviews, 2001-2005 / by Brustein, Robert, 1927-2023

Table of Contents: “…-- Comedy is harder: Private lives; The Underpants -- Prescient plays: Far away; A number -- Clever ladies: imaginary friends; adult entertainment -- Creations: Uncle Vanya and Twelfth Night; Take me out; Our lady of 121st street -- Dysfunctional families, dysgenic dynasties: Salome; Gypsy; Long day's journey into night -- Smelly orthodoxies: A bad friend; I am my own wife -- Shotover's apocalypse: Omnium gatherum; Anna in the tropics -- Palace and garden: Maria Stuart; House and garden -- The political power of puns: Caroline, or change; The beard of Avon -- A king and two queens: King Lear; Valhalla -- Homeboy Godot: topdog/Underdog; Fortune's fool -- Pyrotechnics and ice: Jimpers; Frozen -- The past revisited: The frogs; After the fall -- In the jungle: Rose Rage, Hedda Gabler -- Impersonations: Monty Python's Spamalot; Orson's shadow: Julius Caesar -- Prosecution plays: Doubt; Romance; The last days of Judas Iscariot; The Pillowman; Thom Pain; The light in the Piazza -- theatre of the mushy tushy: Le dernier caravanserail (Okyssees) -- Lear's lendings: King Lear.…”
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Unfinished business : memoirs, 1902-1988 / by Houseman, John, 1902-1988

Table of Contents: “…Four Saints in Three Acts, 1934 -- Panic, 1935 -- Voodoo Macbeth, 1935-36 -- Project #891, 1936-37 -- The cradle Will Rock, 1937 -- Mercury, 1937 -- Mercury 1938 -- Men from Mars, 1938 -- Mercury, 1938-39 -- Citizen Kane, 1940 -- The Voice of America, 1942-43 -- The Blue Dahlia, 1945 -- Three Interludes and two musicals, 1944-46 -- Thieves Like Us, 1945-47 -- Galileo Galilei, 1947 -- The Countess and the King, 1948-50 -- The Bad and the Beautiful, 1951 -- Julius Caesar, 1952-53 -- Executive suite and Coriolanus, 1953-54 -- Lust for Life, 1955 -- Festival: King John and Measure for Measure, 1956 -- Festival: Othello, The Merchant and Much Ado, 1957 -- Seven lively arts, 1957-58 -- Festival: The Dream, Hamlet, All's Well, 1958-59 -- Watershed, 1960 -- All Fall Down and King Lear, 1961-63 -- Paris, 1964-65 -- Juilliard, 1966-68 -- Julliard, 1969-72 -- The Acting Company, 1972 -- Paper Chase and Run-Through, 1972-73 -- Unfinished business, 1974-88.…”

Ex-changes : comparative studies in British and American cultures /

Table of Contents: “…Poetically realistic juxtapositions of anglo-american old and new world experiences portrayed in toni morrison's a mercythe fairy tale visions of the world; "no black male show"; carnival and the carnivalesque in aphra behn's the rover and caryl churchill's cloud nine; part iv; characters versus authors; jean luc godard's king lear in the light of existentialism; chasing zebras; the literary animal bites; contributors.…”
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Ira Aldridge, the African Roscius /

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The last king of America : the misunderstood reign of George III / by Roberts, Andrew, 1963-

Table of Contents: “…: July 1782- July 1783 -- 'On the Edge of a Precipice': August 1783- May 1784 -- Alliance with Pitt: May 1784- October 1788 -- The King's Malady: October 1788- February 1789 -- Recovery, Revolution and War: February 1789- May 1794 -- The Whale and the Wolf: May 1794- December 1798 -- 'The Corsican Tyrant': January 1799- February 1801 -- 'A Fearful Experiment': February 1801- September 1804 -- Tory Spring: October 1804- October 1809 -- King Lear Redux: October 1809- January 1820 -- Conclusion: The Nobility of George III.…”
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10,000 nights : highlights from 50 years of theatre-going / by Carlson, Marvin, 1935-

Table of Contents: “…The 1960s -- 1960 The Fantasticks at the Sullivan Street Playhouse -- 1961 The Living Theatre's The Connection -- 1962 Zero Mostel in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum -- 1963 Anne Bancroft in Mother Courage -- 1964 After the Fall at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre -- 1965 Peter Brook's Marat/Sade -- 1966 Bread and Puppet's Fire -- 1967 Hair at the Public Theater -- 1968 Jean-Louis Barrault's Rabelais -- 1969 Jerzy Grotowski's The Constant Prince -- The 1970s -- 1970 Luca Ronconi's Orlando Furioso -- 1971 The Manhattan Project's Alice in Wonderland -- 1972 Ariane Mnouchkine's 1789 -- 1973 Charles Ludlam's Camille -- 1974 Richard Foreman's Pain(t) -- 1975 Giorgio Strehler's King Lear -- 1976 Ntozake Shange's for colored girls -- 1977 Andrei Serban's The Cherry Orchard -- 1978 Squat Theatre's Andy Warhol's Last Love -- 1979 Cornell University's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead -- The 1980s -- 1980 Peter Brook's The Conference of the Birds -- 1981 The Wooster Group's Route 1 & 9 -- 1982 The RSC's The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby -- 1983 Mabou Mines' Cold Harbor -- 1984 Dustin Hoffman in Death of a Salesman -- 1985 Thomas Langhoff's The Merchant of Venice -- 1986 The Market Theatre's Asinamali! …”
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