From it's first production in 1605 in London before the court of James I, until it's modern representation by Brian Blessed's in 1999, Shakespeare's King Lear exists as a play that may be interpreted and valued in a variety of ways. It is the composer's coherent use of language and dramatic form, namely the textual integrity, provoking audience's for several hundreds of years which makes this play capable of being read and received from the 17th to the 21st century. These techniques have effectively produced an integrated text in terms of meaning and values, allowing different interpretations to emerge through the ages.

The multifaceted composition of King Lear, with the various language devices; symbolism...