Shakespeare's Characters in King Lear
KING LEAR, King of Britain
GONERIL, REGAN, & CORDELIA, Daughters to Lear
EARL OF GLOUCESTER
EDGAR, Son to Gloucester
EDMUND, Bastard Son to Gloucester
EARL OF KENT
Fool
DUKE OF CORNWALL
DUKE OF ALBANY
KING OF FRANCE
DUKE OF BURGUNDY
CURAN, a Courtier
OSWALD, Steward to Goneril
Old Man, Tenant to Gloucester
Doctor
An Officer, employed by Edmund
A Gentleman, Attendant on Cordelia
A Herald
Servants to Cornwall
Knights of Lear's Train, Officers, Messengers, Soldiers, and Attendants
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