english king lear characters

• The royal house of Britain

  • Lear-king of Britain
  • Goneril-His eldest daughter
  • Regan-His second daughter
  • Cordelia-His youngest daughter
  • Duke of Albany-Goneril's husband
  • Duke of Cornwall-Regans husband
• The Gloucester Family

  • Earl Gloucester- Lear's loyal friend
  • Edgar/poor Tom- Gloucester's oldest son
  • Edmund- Gloucester's younger, illegitimate son
• Other Characters

  • The fool-Lear's loyal court jester
  • Earl of Kent/Caius-Lear's devoted supporter
  • Oswald-Goneril's Steward
  • King of France-He marries Cordelia and is willing to support her efforts to rescue Lear
  • Duke of Burgundy-Another suitor for Codelia. He rejects her when he learns that she has no dowry
  • Curan-Gloucester's servant
  • Old man-Tenant of Gloucester
  • Doctor-attendant to Cordelia
• Knights of Lear's entourage, gentlemen, soldiers, attendants, messengers, servants