THE

PLAYS

OF

Tilliam Shakspeare,

ACCURATELY PRINTED FROM

The Text of the Corrected Copy left by the late

GEORGE STEEVENS, ESQ.

WITH

GLOSSARIAL NOTES,

AND

A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF SHAKSPEARE.

IN EIGHT VOLUMES,

VOL. VIIT.

CONTAINING

KING LEAR.... ROMEO AND JULIET....HAMLET....OTHELLO

Stereotyped by J. Howe.....N. York.

PHILADELPHIA:
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1830.

KING LEAR.

(RECAP)

PERSONS REPRESENTED.

1

Lear, king of Britain.
King of France.
Duke of Burgundy.
Duke of Cornwall.
Duke of Albany.
Earl of Kent.
Earl of Gloster.
Edgar, son to Gloster.
Edmund, bastard son to Gloster.
Curan, a courtier.
Old Man, tenant to Gloster.
Physician.
Fool.
Oswald, steward to Goneril.
An Officer, employed by Edmund.
Gentleman, attendant on Cordelia.
A Herald.
Servants to Cornwall.

Knights attending on the King, Officers, Messen.

gers, Soldiers, and Attendants.

Scene, Britain.