Shakespeare Electronic Conference, Vol. 6, No. 0854. Monday, 30 October 1995.
(1) From: Stuart Rice <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Saturday, 28 Oct 1995 13:46:17 EST
Subj: RE: SHK 6.0851 Qs: Happy *Lr.*
(2) From: W. L. Godshalk <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Saturday, 28 Oct 1995 15:46:57 -0500 (EST)
Subj: Re: SHK 6.0851 Qs: Happy *Lr.*
(3) From: Sam Schimek <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Saturday, 28 Oct 1995 18:46:24 -0700
Subj: Re: Happy *Lr.*
(4) From: Gail Garloch <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Suday, 29 Oct 1995 14:00:30 +0200 (IST)
Subj: Re: SHK 6.0851 Qs: Happy *Lr.*
(5) From: Helen Vella Bonavita <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Monday, 30 Oct 1995 10:17:39 +0800 (WST)
Subj: re: Happy Lear
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From: Stuart Rice <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Saturday, 28 Oct 1995 13:46:17 EST
Subject: 6.0851 Qs: Happy *Lr.*
Comment: RE: SHK 6.0851 Qs: Happy *Lr.*
Ah, yes, _Happy Lear_. There was a period where Shakespeare was republished in
a family version as well, where are the invectives and violence was taken out
and replaced with more mundane material. If I remember correctly, every one
lives at the end of _Happy Lear_, as you put it: I think Edgar and Cordelia get
married and rule the Kingdom together, as well. I can't remember if I've ever
seen the actually update versions of these plays.
Happy, happy, joy, joy,
Stuart Rice
Kenyon College
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From: W. L. Godshalk <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Saturday, 28 Oct 1995 15:46:57 -0500 (EST)
Subject: 6.0851 Qs: Happy *Lr.*
Comment: Re: SHK 6.0851 Qs: Happy *Lr.*
Nahum Tate (1652-1715) is responsible for the adaptation of *Lear* in which
Cordelia survives and marries Edgar.
Yours, Bill Godshalk
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From: Sam Schimek <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Saturday, 28 Oct 1995 18:46:24 -0700
Subject: Re: Happy *Lr.*
This version was written by Nathum Tate (1652-1715) in 1681. In it Cordelia
does not die but lives and marries Edgar. Samuel Johnson in his "General
Observation on King Lear" expresses a preference for it. I admire Johnson
but...
Sam
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From: Gail Garloch <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Suday, 29 Oct 1995 14:00:30 +0200 (IST)
Subject: 6.0851 Qs: Happy *Lr.*
Comment: Re: SHK 6.0851 Qs: Happy *Lr.*
The "happy" version of King Lear that Karen Krebs seeks is Nahum Tate's 1681
adaptation which held the stage for nearly two centuries.
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From: Helen Vella Bonavita <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Monday, 30 Oct 1995 10:17:39 +0800 (WST)
Subject: re: Happy Lear
The version referred to is probably Nahum Tate's 1680 *King Lear*, in which
Cordelia does indeed survive - what's more, she lives happily ever after,
reunited with her one true love, Edgar. I find the play interesting - in an
odd sort of way - because it seems to me to strip one of Shakespeare's
strongest female figures of integrity and independance in one move.
Best wishes
Helen Vella Bonavita