King Lear

Staged: the origins of YAs greatest tropes

With a foreword by Manjeet Mann, author of Run, Rebel and Roar.

They told me I was everything: ’tis a lie

Rediscover Shakespeares tale of power and treachery.

The price for power is paid in blood.

The ageing King Lear must divide his kingdom between his daughters; but who to choose? Goneril and Regan, who love him loudly and flatter his ego, or the self-contained Cordelia, who waits for fate to bring what it will.

It is a decision that will unleash a storm upon the kingdom. A decision twisted by love, by smiles, by quiet treachery. A decision that could undo them all.

King Lear is Shakespeares iconic tale of ego and betrayal.

Discover STAGED, a limited collection of Shakespeares unabridged plays that celebrates the genius of the Bard and the tropes that continue to delight YA readers to this day.

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