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King Lear — William Shakespeare · wrote

Stage play · Tragedy · c. 1606

King Lear

An old king divides his kingdom by flattery and learns what love was worth only after it's gone.

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▸Act 1, Scene 1King Lear's palace.▸Act 1, Scene 2The Earl of Gloucester's castle.▸Act 1, Scene 3The Duke of Albany's palace.▸Act 1, Scene 4A hall in the same.▸Act 1, Scene 5Court before the same.▸Act 2, Scene 1GLOUCESTER's castle.▸Act 2, Scene 2Before Gloucester's castle.▸Act 2, Scene 3A wood.▸Act 2, Scene 4Before GLOUCESTER's castle. KENT in the stocks.▸Act 3, Scene 1A heath.▸Act 3, Scene 2Another part of the heath. Storm still.▸Act 3, Scene 3Gloucester's castle.▸Act 3, Scene 4The heath. Before a hovel.▸Act 3, Scene 5Gloucester's castle.▸Act 3, Scene 6A chamber in a farmhouse adjoining the castle.▸Act 3, Scene 7Gloucester's castle.▸Act 4, Scene 1The heath.▸Act 4, Scene 2Before ALBANY's palace.▸Act 4, Scene 3The French camp near Dover.▸Act 4, Scene 4The same. A tent.▸Act 4, Scene 5Gloucester's castle.▸Act 4, Scene 6Fields near Dover.▸Act 4, Scene 7A tent in the French camp. LEAR on a bed asleep,▸Act 5, Scene 1The British camp, near Dover.▸Act 5, Scene 2A field between the two camps.▸Act 5, Scene 3The British camp near Dover.

Scene index3 indexed

1INT. LEAR'S PALACE. THRONE ROOM — DAY6 pgThe love test. Cordelia says nothing.

2INT. GLOUCESTER'S CASTLE — DAY2 1/2 pgEdmund introduces himself to the audience and to his plan.

11EXT. THE HEATH — STORM, NIGHT3 pgAn old man argues with weather.

Monologues in this work2

EDMUND

King Lear · William Shakespeare

Thou, Nature, art my goddess; to thy law

1:22DramaticIntermediate

LEAR

King Lear · William Shakespeare

Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!

1:24DramaticAdvanced

Writer	William Shakespeare
Written	c. 1606
Pages	125
Reading time	~3.5 hrs
Monologues	2 indexed
Themes	power, family, madness, blindness
Principals	Lear, Cordelia, Goneril, Regan, Edmund, Edgar, Gloucester

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