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King Lear
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King Lear explores family conflict, authority, madness, suffering, loyalty, and recognition.
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King Lear
William Shakespeare builds the work around family conflict, authority, madness, suffering, loyalty, and recognition, making its period, characters, arguments, and images vivid for modern readers.
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King Lear
William Shakespeare
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THE TRAGEDY OF KING LEAR
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LEAR, King of Britain. GONERIL, eldest daughter to Lear. REGAN, second daughter to Lear. CORDELIA, youngest daughter to Lear. DUKE of ALBANY, married to Goneril. DUKE of CORNWALL, married to Regan. KING of FRANCE. DUKE of BURGUNDY. EARL of GLOUCESTER. EDGAR, elder son to Gloucester. EDMUND, younger bastard son to Gloucester. EARL of KENT. FOOL. OSWALD, steward to Goneril. CURAN, a Courtier. OLD MAN, Tenant to Gloucester. Physician. An Officer employed by Edmund. Gentleman, attendant on Cordelia. A Herald. Servants to Cornwall.
Knights attending on the King, Officers, Messengers, Soldiers and Attendants.
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- 01Full text
- 02THE TRAGEDY OF KING LEAR
- 03Dramatis Personæ
- 04SCENE: Britain
- 05ACT I
- 06SCENE I. A Room of State in King Lear’s Palace
- 07SCENE II. A Hall in the Earl of Gloucester’s Castle
- 08SCENE III. A Room in the Duke of Albany’s Palace
- 09SCENE IV. A Hall in Albany’s Palace
- 10SCENE V. Court before the Duke of Albany’s Palace
- 11ACT II
- 12SCENE I. A court within the Castle of the Earl of Gloucester
- 13SCENE II. Before Gloucester’s Castle
- 14SCENE III. The open Country
- 15SCENE IV. Before Gloucester’s Castle; Kent in the stocks
- 16ACT III SCENE I. A Heath A storm with thunder and lightning.
- 17ACT III
- 18SCENE I. A Heath
- 19SCENE II. Another part of the heath
- 20SCENE III. A Room in Gloucester’s Castle
- 21SCENE IV. A part of the Heath with a Hovel
- 22SCENE V. A Room in Gloucester’s Castle
- 23SCENE VI. A Chamber in a Farmhouse adjoining the Castle
- 24SCENE VII. A Room in Gloucester’s Castle
- 25ACT IV SCENE I. The heath
- 26ACT IV
- 27SCENE I. The heath
- 28SCENE II. Before the Duke of Albany’s Palace
- 29SCENE III. The French camp near Dover
- 30SCENE IV. The French camp. A Tent
- 31SCENE VI. The country near Dover
- 32SCENE VII. A Tent in the French Camp
- 33ACT V SCENE I. The Camp of the British Forces near Dover Enter, with drum and colours Edmund, Regan, Officers, Soldiers and others
- 34ACT V
- 35SCENE I. The Camp of the British Forces near Dover
- 36SCENE II. A field between the two Camps
- 37SCENE III. The British Camp near Dover
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