Edited introduced & annotated by Cedric Watts Research Professor of English University of Sussex The Wordsworth Classics' Shakespeare Series presents a newly-edited sequence of William Shakespeare's works The textual editing takes account of recent scholarship while giving the material a careful reappraisal King Lear has been widely acclaimed as Shakespeare's most powerful tragedy Elemental & passionate it encompasses the horrific & the heart-rending Love & hate loyalty & treachery cruelty & self-sacrifice all these contend in a tempestuous drama which has become an enduring classic of the world's literature In the theatre & on screen King Lear continues to challenge & enthral This Wordsworth edition of King Lear provides a comprehensive integrated text of the play