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Zusatztext Featured at no. 1 in the Independents top 10 listings within the 'Top Books' feature in The Courier-Mail. Informationen zum Autor Philippa Kelly is Resident Dramaturg at the California Shakespeare Theater, USA. In 2002 she left her life as a teacher of literature in Australia to live in Berkeley, California. She is still deeply connected to her Australian roots, and works with Australia's Endeavour program each year and as a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the University of New South Wales. Klappentext Personal form of criticism! focusing on the wide-ranging issues of identity and history raised by King Lear by exploring Australians' engagements with the play. Vorwort Personal form of criticism, focusing on the wide-ranging issues of identity and history raised by King Lear by exploring Australians' engagements with the play. Zusammenfassung Outlaws, irreverent humorists, political underdogs, authoritarians... these are the images of Australians as revealed through the lens of "King Lear" play. This title focuses on the wide-ranging issues of identity and history raised by "King Lear" by exploring Australians' engagements with the play. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: ‘Speak What We Feel, Not What We Ought to Say' \ 1. Fathers and Mothers \ 2. Twenty Years Have Passed \ 3. Playing the Fool \ 4. Polemics \ 5. The Meaning of Words: Changing the Stage \ 6. Age is Unnecessary \ 7. The Man as the King, the King in the Man \ Bibliography \ Index
