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King Lear

William Shakespeare

5 acts · 26 scenes · 3,498 lines

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Act I

5 scenes

Scene I. King Lear's palace.332
Scene II. The Earl of Gloucester's castle.191
Scene III. The Duke of Albany's palace.27
Scene IV. A hall in the same.352
Scene V. Court before the same.48

Act II

4 scenes

Scene I. Gloucester's castle.141
Scene II. Before Gloucester's castle.177
Scene III. A wood.21
Scene IV. Before Gloucester's castle. Kent in the stocks.339

Act III

7 scenes

Scene I. A heath.58
Scene II. Another part of the heath. Storm still.100
Scene III. Gloucester's castle.25
Scene IV. The heath. Before a hovel.187
Scene V. Gloucester's castle.25
Scene VI. A chamber in a farmhouse adjoining the castle.117
Scene VII. Gloucester's castle.118

Act IV

7 scenes

Scene I. The heath.90
Scene II. Before Albany's palace.111
Scene III. The French camp near Dover.62
Scene IV. The same. A tent.32
Scene V. Gloucester's castle.45
Scene VI. Fields near Dover.314
Scene VII. A tent in the French camp.109

Act V

3 scenes

Scene I. The British camp, near Dover.78
Scene II. A field between the two camps.13
Scene III. The British camp near Dover.386

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