<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=167462.msg7882331#msg7882331">Quote from: Kuroneko on 14-03-2013, 16:27:40</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">'Modern' being 1665, lol.  I think that covers it being accessible to Sloane.  <br/><br/>Your OOC Link is just to the entire play, there's nothing else there - at least when I checked it. <br/><br/>Anyway, I'm done.  Time for class.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>That's all that's there - the complete text of the play for anyone interested in reading the greatest tragedy ever written in the English language.<br/><br/>I don't think you'll find a published version of Lear that isn't subtitled as an adaptation containing the "...spoken in jest" phrase.   The version printed in the Third Folio (1663) and all prior versions certainly retain the original phrasing about jesters and prophets.<br/><br/>Not really a big deal of course - though I contend that Marguerite's thought has merit as an argument.  Is any version other than the author's version really valid Shakespeare?  It's a matter for debate if not certainty.  Many academics, critics, and performers would strongly contend that any period adaption isn't worth the paper it's printed on.  This is certainly an elitist attitude, and if If Marguerite has that attitude it is intended.<br/><br/>