Re Lear: differenze tra le versioni

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*'''Il Duca di Albany'''[[#Notes|²]] è il marito di Gonerilla. Gonerilla lo dileggiaper la sua "gentilezza lattiginosa". Si rivolta contro la moglie verso la fine della tragedia.

*'''Il Duca di Cornwall'''[[#Notes|&sup2;]] è il marito di Regana. <!--He has the [[Earl of Kent]] put in the [[stocks]], leaves Lear out on the [[heath (habitat)|heath]] during a storm, and gouges out Gloucester's eyes. After his attack on Gloucester, one of his servants attacks and mortally wounds him.-->

*'''L'EarlIl Conte di Gloucester'''[[#Notes|&sup2;]] è il padre di Edgar e del figlio illegitimo Edmund. <!--Edmund deceives him against Edgar, and Edgar flees, taking on the disguise of Tom of [[Bedlam]].-->

*'''L'Il EarlConte di Kent'''[[#Notes|&sup2;]] è sempre fedele a Lear ma viene [[Esilio|esiliato]] dal Re <!--after he protests against Lear's treatment of Cordelia. He takes on a disguise and serves the king without letting him know his true identity.-->

*'''Edmund''' è il figlio illegittimo di Gloucester. <!-- He works with Goneril and Regan to further his ambitions, and the three of them form a romantic triangle.-->

*'''Edgar''' è il figlio legittimo dell' Earl di Gloucester. <!-- Disguised as Tom of Bedlam, he helps his blind father. At the end of the play, he assumes reign of the kingdom.-->

*'''Oswald''' è il servo di Goneril e viene descritto come "un contadinocattivo servizievole". Prova a uccideruccidere Gloucester, ma viene invece ucciso da Edgar.

*'''Il [[CourtBuffone jesterdi Corte|FoolBuffone]]''' <!--is a jester who is devoted to Lear and Cordelia.-->

==Trama==

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Besides the subplot involving the [[Earl of Gloucester]] and his two sons, the principal innovation Shakespeare made to this story was the death of Cordelia and Lear at the end. During the [[18th century|eighteenth]] and [[19th century|nineteenth]] centuries, this tragic ending was much criticised, and alternative versions were written and performed, in which the leading characters survived and Edgar and Cordelia were married.

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==Fonti==

* KingRe [[Leir ofdi BritainBritannia|Leir]] wasera aun semi-legendaryleggendario [[KingRe ofdei the BritonsBritanni]] ascome accountedriportato byda [[Geoffrey ofdi Monmouth]].

==Sources for ''King Lear''==

* King [[Llyr_Llediaith|Llyr]] wasera aun Re semi-legendaryleggendario kingche who reignedregnò in [[CornwallCornovaglia]] ande [[Devon]] in present-day nell'[[EnglandInghilterra]] di oggi. AccordingSecondo to thela ''[[Historia Britonum]]'', Llyr maypotrebbe haveessere beenstato takenportato ascome prigioniero a prisoner to [[RomeRoma]], and this traditional lore may be the origin of Shakespeare's play.

*Lear potrebbe anche essere [[Lir]], un [[dio]] del mare nella [[Mitologia Celtica]]; Tra i figli di Lir ci sono [[Bran il Benedetto|Bran]] e [[Mannanan]], il creatore dell'[[Isola di Man]].

<!--One of Shakespeare's sources was an earlier play, ''[[King Leir]]''. In this play Cordella and the [[King of France]] serve Leir disguised as rustics. However, the ancient folk tale of Lear had existed in many versions prior to that, and it's possible that Shakespeare was familiar with them.

* King [[Leir of Britain|Leir]] was a semi-legendary [[King of the Britons]] as accounted by [[Geoffrey of Monmouth]].

* King [[Llyr_Llediaith|Llyr]] was a semi-legendary king who reigned in [[Cornwall]] and [[Devon]] in present-day [[England]]. According to the ''[[Historia Britonum]]'', Llyr may have been taken as a prisoner to [[Rome]], and this traditional lore may be the origin of Shakespeare's play.

*Lear may also be [[Lir]], a [[god]] of the sea in [[Celtic mythology]]; there, Lir's children include [[Bran the Blessed|Bran]] and [[Mannanan]], eponymous creator of the [[Isle of Man]].

One of Shakespeare's sources was an earlier play, ''[[King Leir]]''. In this play Cordella and the [[King of France]] serve Leir disguised as rustics. However, the ancient folk tale of Lear had existed in many versions prior to that, and it's possible that Shakespeare was familiar with them.

Shakespeare's most important source is thought to be the second edition of ''The Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande'' by [[Raphael Holinshed]], published in [[1587]]. Holinshed himself found the story in the earlier ''Historia Regum Britanniae'' by [[Geoffrey of Monmouth]], which was written in the 12th century.