Dramatis Personae

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

Old Man, tenant to Gloucester

Doctor

Fool

Oswald, steward to Goneril

A Captain employed by Edmund

Gentleman attendant on Cordelia

A Herald

Servants to Cornwall

Goneril, Regan, Cordelia, daughters to Lear

Knights of Lear’s train, Captains, Messengers, Soldiers, and Attendants

Scene: Britain