Disappearing Nephews: Monmouth's Version of King Lear

Recently, adaptability has become very general. Since the invention of this movie, countless classic stories have been adjusted over and over again to accommodate new time frames and new settings. However, as Linda Hu Chun said, "Shakespeare moved his cultural story from one page to another long before our film era." Before Shakespeare posted his story version on the stage in 1606, the story of King Lear was spoken many times. This is an example. The story of "King Leir" dates back to 1136 with Geoffrey of Lego F Britannia, the historical heritage of Monfort.

The story of King Lear and his three daughters is an old story well known in the UK for centuries and Shakespeare wrote an authoritative drama on this subject. The first English version of Lear can be found in the history of British King written by Jeffrey Monmouth in 1135. But it is clear that Shakespeare depends mainly on anonymous dramas published by King Lyle, King Lear of Shakespeare 12 years ago. Learn more about Leir and check the versions of Leir and Shakespeare's masterpieces.

Before Shakespeare recorded his vision, the story of King Lear and his three daughters existed in some form during the 4th century. Leah was the king of the British who had dominated before the birth of Christ. Based on the reference to Lyr or Ler in British mythology, in Historia Regum Britanniae, 1137, Geoffrey of Monmouth recorded the story of his daughter. Then write dozens of versions of the script, emphasize certain events such as love tests, and expand stories such as creating a sequel to Cordelia suicide. Most of these versions are happy endings, and despite the fact that it is not true, peace has recovered under the control of Lear and Cordelia. But Shakespeare is not interested in writing tragedy.

From Cordeilla, it may be the name of Celtic unknown. According to Jeffrey of Monmouth, Cordeilla is the youngest of three daughters of Lear King and is the only daughter who is faithful to his father. Shakespeare changed the spelling to Cordelia when adapted to his play "King Lear" (1606). Royal British surname, French place name Courtenay (originally derived from Personal name Curtenus, derived from the Latin curtus "short"), or from the Norman nickname meaning "Short Nose". As the name of an American woman, it became popular for the first time in the 1970s.

As early as 1136, the story of King Learn appeared in Historia Regnum Britanniae, written by Jeffrey Bishop of Wales in Monmouth. Is it also Ronfa Holinshed's Kroni? Cles (1577), Shakespeare usually uses it as a main source of drama. There was also an early work called the Le Chronicle story of the legend of King, which was produced in 1594 and published in 1605. Shakespeare freely approached these sources and added some of his own inventions: Leah's madness itself was not in the source, and the tragic end of the drama - a battle failure, Cordelia Interruption and death of the rear - It is also the creation of Shakespeare herself.