Verse play (MLA)

In-text citation

MLA-67

In Shakespeare’s King Lear, Gloucester, blinded for suspected treason, learns a profound lesson from his tragic experience: “A man may see how this world goes / with no eyes” (4.6.153-54).

Explain

  • For verse plays, MLA recommends giving act, scene, and line numbers that can be located in any edition of the work.
  • Use arabic numerals, and separate the numbers with periods.

Works cited entry

Shakespeare, William. King Lear. Edited by Charles Jasper Sisson, Dell, 1960.

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