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Prince Lear (Tasca)

Short Play, Melodrama  /  3w

Jules Tasca

A new take on characters from Shakespeare's King Lear. The King's three daughters await the birth of another child. The king is hoping for a son, an heir. The girls hope otherwise. Their mother dies in childbirth, and by the time the King returns home, the baby is dead as well. …

Prince Lear (Tasca)

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A new take on characters from Shakespeare's King Lear. The King's three daughters await the birth of another child. The king is hoping for a son, an heir. The girls hope otherwise. Their mother dies in childbirth, and by the time the King returns home, the baby is dead as well.

Published in the collection, Shylock's Daughter and Other Small Chips from Great Gems of Shakespeare.

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Jules Tasca

Jules Tasca

Through I.U.P., Jules Tasca has taught playwrighting at Oxford University in England and he has performed with a commedia dell’arte group in Central Italy. He is the author of over 125 (full-length and one-act) published plays that have been produced in numerous national thea ...

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