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King Lear

Author
William Shakespeare
Publisher
Gutenberg
Language
English
Licence
CC BY-SA 2.5 ZA
Length
Long
Topics
Historical
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King Lear is a play by William Shakespeare. It is a classic tragedy — many say it is one of his best works ever. It is about King Lear who goes mad after wrongly giving away his estate. Why did he do this? Because of flattery.

(Image: “King Lear and the Fool in the Storm” by William Dyce on Wikipedia, Public Domain)

  • Act 1, Scene 1: King Lear's palace.
  • Act 1, Scene 2: The Earl of Gloucester's castle.
  • Act 1, Scene 3: The Duke of Albany's palace.
  • Act 1, Scene 4: A hall in the same.
  • Act 1, Scene 5: Court before the same.
  • Act 2, Scene 1: GLOUCESTER's castle.
  • Act 2, Scene 2: Before Gloucester's castle.
  • Act 2, Scene 3: A wood.
  • Act 2, Scene 4: Before GLOUCESTER's castle. KENT in the stocks.
  • Act 3, Scene 1: A heath.
  • Act 3, Scene 2: Another part of the heath. Storm still.
  • Act 3, Scene 3: Gloucester's castle.
  • Act 3, Scene 4: The heath. Before a hovel.
  • Act 3, Scene 5: Gloucester's castle.
  • Act 3, Scene 6: A chamber in a farmhouse adjoining the castle.
  • Act 3, Scene 7: Gloucester's castle.
  • Act 4, Scene 1: The heath.
  • Act 4, Scene 2: Before ALBANY's palace.
  • Act 4, Scene 3: The French camp near Dover.
  • Act 4, Scene 4: The same. A tent.
  • Act 4, Scene 5: Gloucester's castle.
  • Act 4, Scene 6: Fields near Dover.
  • Act 4, Scene 7: A tent in the French camp. LEAR on a bed asleep,
  • Act 5, Scene 1: The British camp, near Dover.
  • Act 5, Scene 2: A field between the two camps.
  • Act 5, Scene 3: The British camp near Dover.
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33 Responses
Yoh Shakespeare bruh 🙌🙌💔
Sthembele Mlambo · 10 months ago
I'm not a William Shakespeare kind of girl
Emihle Tshem · a year ago
Very good interesting story
agathamologadi@gmail.com · 2 years ago
YESSSSSSSSS NOW THIS IS WHAT JUST HAPPENED
IHaveSuperPowersOk · 2 years ago
rich ever spoken tongue by william
xnado · 7 years ago
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