ABSTRACT
From The History of King Lear … Reviv'd with Alterations (1681). Tate's Lear (performed in about March 1681) was an even more decisive expression of neoclassic taste than the Dryden—D'Avenant Tempest,and held the stage (with modifications by Garrick and Colman) until Macready's production of 1838. The Fool is omitted altogether; Lear and Cordelia are kept alive; Edgar marries Cordelia. Tate introduces Arante, a confidante for Cordelia, and also omits the King of France.
