Overview
Character Name
Cordelia
Show
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Late Teen, Young Adult
Role Size
Supporting
Dramatic Function
Foil, Protagonist
Relationships
Voice
Non-singer
Time & Place
A kingdom, sometime in antiquity
Analysis
In her late teens or mid-twenties, Cordelia sits at a pivotal threshold: eligible for marriage, sought after by the King of France and the Duke of Burgundy, and long cherished as the undoubted favorite of her aging father. Yet when King Lear demands a performative
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