TY - BOOK AU - Shakespeare, William, AU - Muir,Kenneth TI - King Lear T2 - The Arden edition of the works of William Shakespeare AV - PR2819.A2 M8 1959 U1 - 822.3/3 PY - 1959/// CY - Cambridge, Mass. PB - Harvard University Press KW - Lear, KW - Drama KW - fast N1 - Includes bibliographical references N2 - Lear, the aging King of Britain, has chosen to lay aside the care of kingship and divide his kingdom between his three daughters. Their share is to be determined by their love for him. Two daughters speak with grandiose expressions of love while the third daughter finds nothing to say. The courts disinherit the third daughter, Cordelia. Much treachery, murder, and deceit ensued and Lear and Cordelia are captured and sentenced to death ER -