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Part I - Surviving Lear: Revisiting the Canon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 September 2019

Edited by
Victoria Bladen ,
Sarah Hatchuel  and
Nathalie Vienne-Guerrin
Victoria Bladen
Affiliation:
University of Queensland
Sarah Hatchuel
Affiliation:
Université Paul Valéry, Montpellier
Nathalie Vienne-Guerrin
Affiliation:
Université Paul Valéry, Montpellier
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screenfilmadaptationKing LearPeter BrookAkira KurosawaGrigori KozintsevFoolAkira KurosawaKing LearRanhumanismdidactismappropriationadaptationJapan
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Shakespeare on Screen: King Lear , pp. 31 - 62
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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