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King Lear
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Joseph George Holman plays Edgar in an 18th-century production of King Lear, by the English playwright William Shakespeare. At this time the plays of Shakespeare were always presented in contemporary costume. The painting is by Gainsborough Dupont and is at the Garrick Club, London, England.

Tragedy by William Shakespeare, first performed in 1605-06. Lear, king of Britain, favours his grasping daughters Goneril and Regan with shares of his kingdom but refuses his third, honest daughter Cordelia a share because she will not falsely flatter him. Rejected by Goneril and Regan, the old and unbalanced Lear is reunited with Cordelia but dies of grief when she is murdered.



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