Jonathan Bate

Shakespeare’s crowning glory

There’s only one true version of King Lear, says Sir Brian Vickers — and any Shakespeare scholar who disagrees can go hang

  • The One King Lear

    Sir Brian Vickers

    Harvard University Press, pp. 387

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