Project Gutenberg 2011-09-16 Public domain in the USA. 101 Bottomley, Gordon 1874 1948 King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Danaë Reading ease score: 89.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Ted Garvin, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Danaë" by Gordon Bottomley is a collection of plays written in the early 20th century. The works explore themes of love, betrayal, and the complexities of human relationships, with notable figures such as King Lear and Goneril from "King Lear's Wife." This anthology invites readers into a world rich with poetic language and introspective dialogue, questioning the essence of human emotion and societal roles. The opening of "King Lear's Wife" introduces a somber atmosphere in a chamber where Queen Hygd lies asleep, attended by her waiting-woman Merryn. The scene is heavy with tension as King Lear enters looking for Gormflaith, another woman tied to the Queen and Lear. As Lear expresses concern for Hygd's well-being and the physician's uncertain treatment of her illness, the atmosphere is charged with underlying feelings of neglect and betrayal. The dialogue hints at the Queen's emotional turmoil, marked by a blend of fear and longing, as Goneril, Lear’s daughter, enters, further complicating the family dynamics. This sets the stage for an exploration of themes such as loyalty, anguish, and the impending transformation of power within the royal family. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Drama PR Text 373068 373066 2024-10-15T17:57:14.347162 2023-09-16T09:52:12.736484 text/html text/html 385474 2021-01-08T03:40:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 148227 2021-01-08T03:40:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 268304 2024-10-15T17:57:36.870059 application/epub+zip 272007 2024-10-15T17:57:23.329126 application/epub+zip 192906 2024-10-15T17:57:19.361133 application/epub+zip 675726 2024-10-15T17:57:41.662984 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 652486 2024-10-15T17:57:31.463041 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 291226 2022-09-17T07:38:10.673045 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 287488 287399 2024-10-15T17:57:12.151170 2023-09-16T09:52:10.754467 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 287176 2021-01-08T03:40:57 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 106916 2021-01-08T03:40:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 287170 2021-01-08T03:40:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 106865 2021-01-08T03:40:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20703 2024-10-15T17:57:41.811993 application/rdf+xml 25561 2024-10-15T17:57:20.008123 image/jpeg 4649 2024-10-15T17:57:19.688095 image/jpeg 257040 2024-10-15T17:57:14.381128 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia