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(Intercut) Unhappy that I am, I cann...

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King Lear

William Shakespeare

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Character
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Late Teen, Young Adult
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
Act I, scene 1
Time & Place
Lear’s throne room, Ancient Britain (though this play is commonly set in other historical time periods)
Length
Short
Time Period
Classical
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Thirteen Plus (PG-13)

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(Intercut)

Unhappy that I am, I cannot heave
My heart into my mouth. I love your Majesty
According to my bond; no more nor less.

Good my lord,
You have begot me, bred me, lov'd me; I
Return those duties back as are right fit,
Obey you, love you, and most honour you.
Why have my sisters husbands, if they say
They love you all? Haply, when I shall wed,
That lord whose hand must take my plight shall carry
Half my love with him, half my care and duty.
Sure I shall never marry like my sisters,
To love my father all.

Shakespeare, William. King Lear, Act 1, Scene 1, ll.91-3/95-103

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