The Tragedy of King Lear (1610)

Scenes - (26 total)

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Act I

• Scene 1. King Lear's Palace.
• Scene 2. The Earl of Gloucester's Castle.
• Scene 3. The Duke of Albany's Palace.
• Scene 4. The Duke of Albany's Palace.
• Scene 5. Court before the Duke of Albany's Palace. Enter Lear, Kent, and Fool.

Act II

• Scene 1. A court within the Castle of the Earl of Gloucester.
• Scene 2. Before Gloucester's Castle.
• Scene 3. The open country.
• Scene 4. Before Gloucester's Castle; Kent in the stocks.

Act III

• Scene 1. A heath. Storm still.
• Scene 2. Another part of the heath. Storm still.
• Scene 3. Gloucester's Castle.
• Scene 4. The heath. Before a hovel. Storm still.
• Scene 5. Gloucester's Castle.
• Scene 6. A farmhouse near Gloucester's Castle.
• Scene 7. Gloucester's Castle.

Act IV

• Scene 1. The heath.
• Scene 2. Before the Duke of Albany's Palace.
• Scene 3. The French camp near Dover.
• Scene 4. The French camp.
• Scene 5. Gloucester's Castle.
• Scene 6. The country near Dover.
• Scene 7. A tent in the French camp.

Act V

• Scene 1. The British camp near Dover.
• Scene 2. A field between the two camps. Alarum within.
• Scene 3. The British camp, near Dover.