King Lear (The Modern Shakespeare: The Original Play with a Modern Translation)

Enjoy and understand King Lear as you never thought you could. With The Modern Shakespeare edition, which includes the original play plus a modern translation, you will delight in the richness of Shakespeare's writing without ever getting bogged down by archaic and incomprehensible language.

With The Modern Shakespeare edition you can read the original play and the modern translation simultaneously, or read the original play by itself or the translation by itself. The Modern Shakespeare is the single best edition of King Lear if you truly want to understand the play.