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    King Lear
    King Lear
    King Lear
    Audiobook (abridged)2 hours

    King Lear

    Written by William Shakespeare

    Narrated by Full Cast Production

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    King Lear is one of Shakespeare’s greatest and darkest works. King Lear banishes his favorite daughter when she speaks out against him. However, he does not know that his two other daughters who pay tribute to him are in fact plotting against him. Shakespeare’s observations on the nature of human suffering and kinship are never better defined than in this play.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAudio Holdings
    Release dateJan 1, 2016
    ISBN9781601360601
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    William Shakespeare

    William Shakespeare is the world's greatest ever playwright. Born in 1564, he split his time between Stratford-upon-Avon and London, where he worked as a playwright, poet and actor. In 1582 he married Anne Hathaway. Shakespeare died in 1616 at the age of fifty-two, leaving three children—Susanna, Hamnet and Judith. The rest is silence.

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