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George Colman [1768], The history of King Lear. As it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden (Printed for R. Baldwin... and T. Becket, and Co. [etc.], London) [word count] [S34900]. To look up a word in a dictionary, select the word with your mouse and press 'd' on your keyboard.
Note return to page 1 Colman's version of KING LEAR was used at Covent Garden from 1768 until 1773, competing with the Garrick version (published in Bell's edition) then in use at Drury Lane. Like Garrick's, Colman's LEAR is a hybrid between Shakespeare and Tate, retaining Tate's happy ending but restoring much Shakespeare (if not the Fool) in the first four acts: it goes further than Garrick's, however, in cutting Tate's romance between Edgar and Cordelia entirely. Audiences must have missed the Edgar-Cordelia affair, as Covent Garden went back to using Tate's adaptation in 1774.
Note return to page 2 *Adventurer, No. 122.
Note return to page 3 Adventurer, No. 122.
Note return to page 4 †Adventurer, No. 116.
George Colman [1768], The history of King Lear. As it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden (Printed for R. Baldwin... and T. Becket, and Co. [etc.], London) [word count] [S34900]. |
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