Econlib

The Library

Other Sites

 Front Page arrow Titles (by Subject) arrow KING LEAR: DRAMATIS PERSONÆ. - King Lear

Return to Title Page for King Lear

Search this Title:

Also in the Library:

Subject Area: Literature
Collection: Banned Books

KING LEAR: DRAMATIS PERSONÆ. - William Shakespeare, King Lear [1608]

Edition used:

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (The Oxford Shakespeare), ed. with a glossary by W.J. Craig M.A. (Oxford University Press, 1916).

Part of: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (The Oxford Shakespeare)

About Liberty Fund:

Liberty Fund, Inc. is a private, educational foundation established to encourage the study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals.


KING LEAR

DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.

LEAR,King of Britain.
KING OF FRANCE.
DUKE OF BURGUNDY.
DUKE OF CORNWALL.
DUKE OF ALBANY.
EARL OF KENT.
EARL OF GLOUCESTER.
EDGAR,Son to Gloucester.
EDMUND,Bastard Son to Gloucester.
CURAN,a Courtier.
OSWALD,Steward to Goneril.
Old Man, Tenant to Gloucester.
Doctor.
Fool.
An Officer, employed by Edmund.
A Gentleman, Attendant on Cordelia.
A Herald.
Servants to Cornwall.
GONERIL, }Daughters to Lear.
REGAN, }
CORDELIA, }
Knights of Lear’s Train, Officers, Messengers, Soldiers, and Attendants.

Scene.—Britain.