Table of Contents

Characters of the Play

ACT I

• Scene I. King Lear’s palace.
• Scene II. The Earl of Gloucester’s castle.
• Scene III. The Duke of Albany’s palace.
• Scene IV. A hall in the same.
• Scene V. Court before the same.

ACT II

• Scene I. Gloucester’s castle.
• Scene II. Before Gloucester’s castle.
• Scene III. A wood.
• Scene IV. Before Gloucester’s castle. Kent in the stocks.

ACT III

• Scene I. A heath.
• Scene II. Another part of the heath. Storm still.
• Scene III. Gloucester’s castle.
• Scene IV. The heath. Before a hovel.
• Scene V. Gloucester’s castle.
• Scene VI. A chamber in a farmhouse adjoining the castle.
• Scene VII. Gloucester’s castle.

ACT IV

• Scene I. The heath.
• Scene II. Before Albany’s palace.
• Scene III. The French camp near Dover.
• Scene IV. The same. A tent.
• Scene V. Gloucester’s castle.
• Scene VI. Fields near Dover.
• Scene VII. A tent in the French camp. Lear on a bed asleep,

ACT V

• Scene I. The British camp, near Dover.
• Scene II. A field between the two camps.
• Scene III. The British camp near Dover.