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 /
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.