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 + 