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Characters
- Lear, King of Britain
- Goneril (sometimes written Gonerill), eldest daughter of Lear
- Regan, second daughter of Lear
- Cordelia, youngest daughter of Lear[2]
- Duke of Albany, husband to Goneril[3]
- Duke of Cornwall, husband to Regan
- Earl of Gloucester
- Earl of Kent, who appears throughout much of the play under the guise of Caius
- Edgar, son of Gloucester
- Edmund (sometimes written Edmond), illegitimate son of Gloucester
| - Oswald, steward to Goneril
- Fool
- King of France, suitor and later husband to Cordelia
- Duke of Burgundy, suitor to Cordelia
- Curan, a courtier
- Old man, tenant of Gloucester.
- A Doctor, an Officer employed by Edmund, a Gentleman attending on Cordelia, a Herald, Servants to Cornwall. Knights of Lear's Train, Officers, Messengers, Soldiers, and Attendants
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