"King Lear has, and continues to be valued, because it possesses a sense of textual integrity."

How has the textual integrity of the play allowed it to be read and received in a variety of contexts? 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 …

…a unity, as evident in "Cordelia, Cordelia... stay a little...what is thou sayst? - Her voice was ever soft, gentle and low." Elliot purges the emotions of responders by accentuating the grief and sorrow of Lear, to Cordelia's death, through an airbrushed camera which uses extreme close-ups. It is apparent that Elliot interprets the language devices of Shakespeare's play in a visual form, interpreting to show values of love pertinent in late 20th century.