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'''''King Lear''''' is a [[tragedy]] in five acts written by [[William Shakespeare]] sometime between 1603 and 1606, widely considered one of his greatest works. It deals with the ancient [[Celts|Celtic]] myth of King Leir, who divided his kingdom between two of his three daughters, with disastrous results.
'''''King Lear''''' is a [[tragedy]] in five acts written by [[William Shakespeare]] sometime between 1603 and 1606, widely considered one of his greatest works. It deals with the ancient [[Celts|Celtic]] myth of King Leir, who divided his kingdom between two of his three daughters, with disastrous results.
==Dramatis Personae==
Lear, ''King of Britain''<br />
King of France<br />
Duke of Burgundy<br />
Duke of Cornwall<br />
Duke of Albany<br />
Goneril, ''daughter to Lear, married to the Duke of Albany''<br />
Regan, ''daughter to Lear, married to the Duke of Cornwall''<br />
Cordelia, ''daughter to Lear''<br />
Earl of Kent<br />
Earl of Gloster<br />
Edgar, ''son to Gloster''<br />
Edmund, ''illegitimate son to Gloster''<br />
Oswald, ''steward to Goneril''<br />
Fool
==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==