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"King Lear" is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. set in the court of an ageing British monarch and based on the mythological Leir of Britain. Shakespeare probably wrote it in around 1604, sandwiched between two other great tragedies, "Othello" and "Macbeth." The first known performance of any version of Shakespeare's play was on St. Stephen's Day in 1606
Having reached the age of 80, the widowed King Lear calls his nobles together to announce his intention to pass on the cares and responsibility of monarchy to his three daughters, with whom he means to live on a rota basis. His eldest, Goneril, is married to the Duke of Albany and his middle child, Regan, is married to the Duke of Cornwall. At the court are the Duke of Burgundy and the King of France, both hoping to marry Lear's youngest (and favourite) daughter Cordelia...
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GenreLiterary Classics, Biography and Memoir, Self-Help
Length3 hrs 47 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 10, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1ACT I
2SCENE I. King Lear's palace.
3SCENE II. The Earl of Gloucester's castle.
4SCENE III. The Duke of Albany's palace.
5SCENE IV. A hall in the same.
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6SCENE V. Court before the same.
7ACT II
8SCENE I. GLOUCESTER's castle.
9SCENE II. Before Gloucester's castle.
10SCENE III. A wood.
11SCENE IV. Before GLOUCESTER's castle. KENT in the stocks.
12ACT III
13SCENE I. A heath.
14SCENE II. Another part of the heath. Storm still.
15SCENE III. Gloucester's castle.
16SCENE IV. The heath. Before a hovel.
17SCENE V. Gloucester's castle.
18SCENE VI. A chamber in a farmhouse adjoining the castle.
19SCENE VII. Gloucester's castle.
20ACT IV
21SCENE I. The heath.
22SCENE II. Before ALBANY's palace.
23SCENE III. The French camp near Dover.
24SCENE IV. The same. A tent.
25SCENE V. Gloucester's castle.
26SCENE VI. Fields near Dover.
27SCENE VII. A tent in the French camp.
28ACT V
29SCENE I. The British camp, near Dover.
30SCENE II. A field between the two camps.
31SCENE III. The British camp near Dover.
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