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