King Lear — William Shakespeare

King Lear a tragic play written by William Shakespeare opens with King Lear the elderly king of Britain deciding to retire and divide his kingdom between his three daughters Regan Goneril and Cordelia Before splitting his kingdom Lear asks his daughters to express the depth of their love for him Regan and Goneril Lear s oldest daughters both offer over the top proclamations of love for their father much to the egotistical Lear s delight

William Shakespeare was an English poet playwright and actor He was born on 26 April 1564 in Stratford upon Avon His father was a successful local businessman and his mother was the daughter of a landowner Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world s pre eminent dramatist He is often called England s national poet and nicknamed the Bard of Avon He wrote about 38 plays 154 sonnets two long narrative poems and a few other verses of which the authorship of some is uncertain His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway at the age of 18 She was eight years older than him They had three children Susanna and twins Hamnet and Judith After his marriage information about his life became very rare But he is thought to have spent most of his time in London writing and performing in his plays Between 1585 and 1592 he began a successful career in London as an actor writer and part owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain s Men later known as the King s Men Shakespeare produced most of his known work between 1589 and 1613 His early plays were mainly comedies and histories and these works remain regarded as some of the best work produced in these genres He then wrote mainly tragedies until about 1608 including Hamlet Othello King Lear and Macbeth considered some of the finest works in the English language In his last phase he wrote tragicomedies also known as romances and collaborated with other playwrights Shakespeare s plays remain highly popular today and are constantly studied performed and reinterpreted in diverse cultural and political contexts throughout the world Even though he was settled down and had a family Conrad still occasionally traveled but for the most part he just wrote his novels the first of which Almayer s Folly appeared in 1895 That novel would be followed by many others including The Heart of Darkness in 1902 and Nostromo in 1904 Conrad continued to write until the year he died publishing his last novel The Nature of Crime in 1924 He died August 3rd 1924 of a heart attack

William Shakespeare was an English poet playwright and actor He was born on 26 April 1564 in Stratford upon Avon His father was a successful local businessman and his mother was the daughter of a landowner Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world s pre eminent dramatist He is often called England s national poet and nicknamed the Bard of Avon He wrote about 38 plays 154 sonnets two long narrative poems and a few other verses of which the authorship of some is uncertain His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway at the age of 18 She was eight years older than him They had three children Susanna and twins Hamnet and Judith After his marriage information about his life became very rare But he is thought to have spent most of his time in London writing and performing in his plays Between 1585 and 1592 he began a successful career in London as an actor writer and part owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain s Men later known as the King s Men Shakespeare produced most of his known work between 1589 and 1613 His early plays were mainly comedies and histories and these works remain regarded as some of the best work produced in these genres He then wrote mainly tragedies until about 1608 including Hamlet Othello King Lear and Macbeth considered some of the finest works in the English language In his last phase he wrote tragicomedies also known as romances and collaborated with other playwrights Shakespeare s plays remain highly popular today and are constantly studied performed and reinterpreted in diverse cultural and political contexts throughout the world Even though he was settled down and had a family Conrad still occasionally traveled but for the most part he just wrote his novels the first of which Almayer s Folly appeared in 1895 That novel would be followed by many others including The Heart of Darkness in 1902 and Nostromo in 1904 Conrad continued to write until the year he died publishing his last novel The Nature of Crime in 1924 He died August 3rd 1924 of a heart attack

William Shakespeare was an English poet playwright and actor He was born on 26 April 1564 in Stratford upon Avon His father was a successful local businessman and his mother was the daughter of a landowner Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world s pre eminent dramatist He is often called England s national poet and nicknamed the Bard of Avon He wrote about 38 plays 154 sonnets two long narrative poems and a few other verses of which the authorship of some is uncertain His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway at the age of 18 She was eight years older than him They had three children Susanna and twins Hamnet and Judith After his marriage information about his life became very rare But he is thought to have spent most of his time in London writing and performing in his plays Between 1585 and 1592 he began a successful career in London as an actor writer and part owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain s Men later known as the King s Men Shakespeare produced most of his known work between 1589 and 1613 His early plays were mainly comedies and histories and these works remain regarded as some of the best work produced in these genres He then wrote mainly tragedies until about 1608 including Hamlet Othello King Lear and Macbeth considered some of the finest works in the English language In his last phase he wrote tragicomedies also known as romances and collaborated with other playwrights Shakespeare s plays remain highly popular today and are constantly studied performed and reinterpreted in diverse cultural and political contexts throughout the world Even though he was settled down and had a family Conrad still occasionally traveled but for the most part he just wrote his novels the first of which Almayer s Folly appeared in 1895 That novel