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Dramatis Personae.

• Act 1
  • Scene 1. King Lear's palace.
  • Scene 2. The Earl of Gloucester's castle.
  • Scene 3. The Duke of Albany's palace.
  • Scene 4. A hall in the same.
  • Scene 5. Court before the same.
• Act 2
  • Scene 1. GLOUCESTER's castle.
  • Scene 2. Before Gloucester's castle.
  • Scene 3. A wood.
  • Scene 4. Before GLOUCESTER's castle. KENT in the stocks.
• Act 3
  • Scene 1. A heath.
  • Scene 2. Another part of the heath. Storm still.
  • Scene 3. Gloucester's castle.
  • Scene 4. The heath. Before a hovel.
  • Scene 5. Gloucester's castle.
  • Scene 6. A chamber in a farmhouse adjoining the castle.
  • Scene 7. Gloucester's castle.
• Act 4
  • Scene 1. The heath.
  • Scene 2. Before ALBANY's palace.
  • Scene 3. The French camp near Dover.
  • Scene 4. The same. A tent.
  • Scene 5. Gloucester's castle.
  • Scene 6. Fields near Dover.
  • Scene 7. A tent in the French camp. LEAR on a bed asleep,
• Act 5
  • Scene 1. The British camp, near Dover.
  • Scene 2. A field between the two camps.
  • Scene 3. The British camp near Dover.

• Entire play as one page.

The play is from The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare