Collins Classroom Classics – King Lear: A-level set text student edition

Exam board: AQA B, Edexcel, Eduqas, Cambridge Assessment International Education

Level & Subject: AS and A level English Literature

Next exams: 2026

This edition of King Lear is perfect for A-level students, with the complete play in an accessible format, on-page notes, introduction setting the context, timeline, character and theme indexes.

• Affordable high quality complete play for King Lear
• Demystify vocabulary with notes on the page and concise commentary
• Set the scene with perfectly pitched introductions that introduce key contexts, concerns and stylistic features, and examine different performances and interpretations
• Recall plot summaries at the beginning of each scene
• Support A Level revision and essay writing with theme and character indexes
• Help with social, historical and literary context with the bespoke timeline of Shakespeare’s life and times