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The Project Gutenberg eBook of King Lear
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Title: King Lear
Author: William Shakespeare
Release date: November 1, 1998 [eBook #1532]
Most recently updated: September 19, 2025
Language: English
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THE TRAGEDY OF KING LEAR
by William Shakespeare
Contents
ACT I
Scene I. A Room of State in King Lear's Palace
Scene II. A Hall in the Earl of Gloucester's Castle
Scene III. A Room in the Duke of Albany's Palace
Scene IV. A Hall in Albany's Palace
Scene V. Court before the Duke of Albany's Palace
ACT II
Scene I. A court within the Castle of the Earl of Gloucester
Scene II. Before Gloucester's Castle
Scene III. The open Country
Scene IV. Before Gloucester's Castle
ACT III
Scene I. A Heath
Scene II. Another part of the heath
Scene III. A Room in Gloucester's Castle
Scene IV. A part of the Heath with a …