Overview
Character Name
King Lear
Show
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Mature Adult, Elderly
Role Size
Lead
Voice
Spoken
Time & Place
A kingdom, sometime in antiquity
Analysis
Early 60s to late 80s. King Lear is a powerful king who is used to getting his own way and to people entertaining his every whim. He decides to give up his kingdom before he dies and divide it between his three daughters, rather than making them wait for his death in
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