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1. blogs.bl.uk › 2016 › 08Nahum Tate’s King Lear: A Happy Tale? - English and Drama blog

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   I first encountered Nahum Tate’s adaptation of King Lear when studying the play for A level. The revelation that Tate had altered the text to provide a happy ending provoked laughter from the class; Tate was set aside with Bowdler as ridiculous and inconsequential.

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3. www.shakespeare.org.uk › blogs › tates-learTate’s Lear - Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

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   Tate was writing in the decades immediately following the Restoration of the monarchy. In 1680, the year prior to his adaptation of Lear, he had adapted Richard II — a play depicting the deposition of the king. His attempts were suppressed twice on political grounds.

4. www.jstor.org › stable › 1556255Nahum Tate's Revision of Shakespeare's 'King Lears' - JSTOR

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   Although Tate's Lear is a flawed character, he is guilty of a lesser crime than his predecessors in Quarto and Folio King Lear, his disappointment for the outcome of the love trial being partly justified by Cordelia's ulterior motives.

5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Nahum_TateNahum Tate - Wikipedia

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   In 1681, Thomas Betterton played Tate's version of King Lear (The History of King Lear), [4] in which the Fool is omitted. Cordelia has a confidante named Arante, and has her own "abduction" scene on the heath.

6. www.timespencil.org › exhibits › showThe history of King Lear. Acted at the Duke's Theatre

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   Nahum Tate’s rewriting of King Lear emphasizes the popular performances at the Duke’s Theater and the “alterations” Tate made to Shakespeare’s tragedy. In 1681, playwright Nahum Tate revised Lear, restoring the happy ending of the historical chronicles, among many additional changes and cuts.

7. www.rsc.org.uk › king-lear › past-productionsStage History | King Lear | Royal Shakespeare Company - RSC

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   Nahum Tate's King Lear. After the Restoration, in the latter part of the 17th century, King Lear was to be seen on the stage only in the adapted form devised by Nahum Tate. This version held the stage from 1681 to 1838. Tate famously described Shakespeare's original as: "a heap of jewels unstrung and unpolished".

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   Did Nahum Tate change King Lear?

   • by Julian Walker I first encountered Nahum Tate’s adaptation of King Lear when studying the play for A level. The revelation that Tate had altered the text to provide a happy ending provoked laughter from the class; Tate was set aside with Bowdler as ridiculous and inconsequential.

   Nahum Tate’s King Lear: A Happy Tale? - English and Drama blog

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   Who adapted King Lear?

   • In 1681, Nahum Tate adapted Shakespeare's King Lear. Tate's version, which replaced Shakespeare's original until well into the nineteenth century, features a happy ending. In this adaptation, Cordelia survives, and Lear's crown is restored by Albany.

   King Lear Historical and Social Context - eNotes.com

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   Who is Nahum Tate?

   • Nahum Tate (/ ˈneɪ.əm ˈteɪt / NAY-əm TAYT; 1652 – 30 July 1715) was an Anglo-Irish poet, hymnist and lyricist, who became Poet Laureate in 1692. Tate is best known for The History of King Lear, his 1681 adaptation of Shakespeare 's King Lear, and for his libretto for Henry Purcell 's opera, Dido and Aeneas.

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   When did King Lear go on stage?

   • After the Restoration, in the latter part of the 17th century, King Lear was to be seen on the stage only in the adapted form devised by Nahum Tate. This version held the stage from 1681 to 1838. Tate famously described Shakespeare's original as: "a heap of jewels unstrung and unpolished".

   Stage History | King Lear | Royal Shakespeare Company

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   Why did Tate's Lear not abdicate?

   • As in the Quarto and the majority of its sources, Tate's Lear never abdicates, thus departing from the revised and weaker king of the Folio, whoseage and noble attempt to avoid a civil war fully justify his willing- ness to relinquish power.

   Nahum Tate's Revision of Shakespeare's 'King Lears' - JSTOR

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   Who wrote King Lear?

   • William Shakespeare, King Lear, edited by R. A. Foakes, London and New York: Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, 2009. Alexander Thom takes a look at Nahum Tate’s 1681 adaptation of William Shakespeare's King Lear.

   Tate’s Lear - Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

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9. www.enotes.com › topics › king-learKing Lear Historical and Social Context - eNotes.com

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   In 1681, Nahum Tate adapted Shakespeare's King Lear. Tate's version, which replaced Shakespeare's original until well into the nineteenth century, features a happy ending.