King Lear: Staged: the Origins Of Ya's Greatest Tropes

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

‘They told me I was everything: 'tis a lie’

Rediscover Shakespeare’s 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 Shakespeare’s iconic tale of ego and betrayal.

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

Explore the rest of the STAGED collection: As You Like It – With a foreword by Talia Hibbert Hamlet – With a foreword by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé Macbeth – With a foreword by Kat Delacorte A Midsummer Night’s Dream – With a foreword by Becky Albertalli Much Ado About Nothing – With a foreword by Holly Bourne Romeo and Juliet – With a foreword by Jennifer Niven Julius Caesar – With a foreword by Simon James Green King Lear – With a foreword by Manjeet Mann The Merchant of Venice – With a foreword by Lev Rosen Othello – With a foreword by Malorie Blackman The Tempest – With a foreword by Katherine Webber Twelfth Night – With a foreword by Bea Fitzgerald