PERSONS REPRESENTED.

LEAR, King of Britain.

Appears, Act I. sc. 1; sc. 4; sc. 5.
Act IV. sc. 6.

Act II. sc. 4. Act III. sc. 2; sc. 4; sc. 6.
Act V. sc. 2; sc. 3.

KING OF FRANCE.

Appears, Act I. sc. 1.

DUKE OF BUrgundy.
Appears, Act I. sc. 1.

DUKE OF CORNWALL.

Appears, Act I. sc. 1. Act II. sc. 1; sc. 2; sc. 4.

DUKE OF ALBANY.

Act III. sc. 5; sc. 7.

Appears, Act I. sc. 1; sc. 4. Act IV. sc. 2. Act V. sc. 1; sc. 3.

Appears, Act I. sc. 1; sc. 2. Act II. sc. 1; sc. 3.

Act V. sc. 2.

Act III. sc. 4; sc. 6.

Act IV. sc. 1; sc. 6. Act V. sc. 1; sc. 2; sc. 3.

EDMUND, bastard son to Gloster.

Appears, Act I. sc. 1; sc. 2. Act II. sc. 1; sc. 2. Act III. sc. 3; sc. 5; sc. 7. Act IV. sc. 2.

CURAN, a courtier.
Appears, Act II. sc. 1.

Old Man, tenant to Gloster.

Appears, Act IV. sc. 1.

Physician.

Appears, Act IV. sc. 4.

Fool.

Act V. sc. 1; sc. 3.

Appears, Act I. sc. 4; sc. 5. Act II. sc. 4. Act III. sc. 2; sc. 4; sc. 6.

OSWALD, steward to Goneril.

Appears, Act I. sc. 3; sc. 4. Act II. sc. 2; sc. 4. Act III. sc. 7. Act IV. sc. 2; sc. 5; sc. 6.

An Officer, employed by Edmund.
Appears, Act V. sc. 3.

Gentleman, attendant on Cordelia.
Appears, Act IV. sc. 7.

A Herald.

Appears, Act V. sc. 3.

Servants to Cornwall.

Appear, Act III. sc. 7.

GONERIL, daughter to Lear.

Appears, Act I. sc. 1; sc. 3; sc. 4. Act II. sc. 4.

Act IV. sc. 2. Act V. sc. 1; sc. 3.

REGAN, daughter to Lear.

Act III. sc. 7.

Appears, Act I. sc. 1. Act II. sc. 1; sc. 2; sc. 4. Act III. sc. 7. Act IV. sc. 5. Act V. sc. 1; sc. 3.

CORDELIA, daughter to Lear.

Appears, Act I. sc. 1. Act IV. sc. 4; sc. 7. Act V. sc. 2; sc. 3.

Knights attending on the King, Officers, Messengers, Soldiers, and

Attendants.

SCENE,-BRITAIN.

The first edition of King Lear' was published in 1608; two other editions were published in the same year. It is remarkable that a play of which three editions were demanded in one year should not have been reprinted till it was collected in the folio of 1623. The text of the folio, in one material respect, differs considerably from that of the quartos. Large passages which are found in the quartos are omitted in the folio: there are, indeed, some lines found in the folio which are not in the quartos, amounting to about fifty. These are scattered passages, not very remarkable when detached, but for the most part essential to the progress of the action or to the development of character. On the other hand, the lines found in the quartos which are not in the folio amount to as many as two hundred and twenty-five; and they comprise one entire scene, and one or two of the most striking connected passages in the drama.