Shakespeare plays LEAR, King of Britain

Illustration: Shakespeare plays Lear dressed in ragged clothing, with a large white beard and wig; he looks angry with one hand clenched into a fist, the other outstretched to the skies

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Striding through the driving rain and wind, enraged by the two heartless daughters who have just thrown him out, the manic Lear challenges the weather to do its worst.
King Lear
Act 3 Scene 1

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What Gloucester said
about Lear:

"His wits begin to unsettle. Canst thou blame him? His daughters seek his death."

King Lear
Act 3 Scene 4