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List of characters (Quarto)

2King Lear, king of Britain
3Goneril, eldest daughter of King Lear
4Regan, second daughter of King Lear
5Cordelia, youngest daughter of King Lear
6Duke of Albany, Gonoril's husband
7Duke of Cornwall, Regan's husband
8Duke of Kent
9Duke of Gloucester
10Edgar, elder son of the Duke of Gloucester
11The Bastard Edmund, illegitimate son of the Duke of Gloucester
12Duke of Burgundy
13King of France
14Fool to King Lear
15Oswald, steward and servant of Goneril
16Curan, a courtier
17Old Man
18Doctor
19Herald
20Messenger
21Gentlemen, army captains, knights, servants