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RoSS  \nORCHARD  \nFor Stephen  \nA.M.  \nORCHARD BOOKS338 Euston Road,London NW13BHOrchard Books AustraliaHachette Children's BooksLevei 17/207 Kent St,Sydney,NSW 2000First published in Great Britain in 2009First paperback publication in 2010This slipcase edition published in 2013Not for individual resaleText Andrew Matthews 2009Illustrations ◎ Tony Ross 2009ISBN 9781407809779  \nThe rights of Andrew Matthews to be identified as the author and Tony Ross asthe illustrator of this work have been asserted by them in accordance with theCopyright,Designs and Patents Act,1988.  \nA CIP catalogue record for chis book is available from the British LibraryPrinted in China  \nOrchard Books is a division of Hachette Childrens Books,an Hachette UK company.www.hachette.co.uk  \n# Cast List\n\n4  \n# King Lear\n\n7  \n# Chaos and Old Agein King Lear60\n\nShakeaspeare and theGlobe Theatre  \n62  \n#  Cast i t \n\nCordelia   \nLear's daughter  \np  \nKing of Brtain  \ngn Lear's daughter,wife of the  \nGsonerl  \nDuke of Cornwall  \nLear's daughter,wife of the  \nDuke of Albany  \nGloucester's heirS  \nEarlf Goucester  \nLear's oldest friend and ally  \nEarlfKent  \n gmun  \nLear's faithful servant  \nGloucester's illegitimate son  \n 5eScene Ancient Britain.  \nBetter thouHadst not been born than not t'have  \nLear;Ii.  \nIn his youth,Lear had won the crown ofBritain through his strength,courage andcunning,and he had enjoyed ruling thecountry.Now he was old.His eyes weredull,his hair white and his face wrinkled.  \n7  \nThe aged King addressed the nobles hehad summoned to his throne room.  \n\"I intend to give up the crown before thestrain of ruling becomes too much,\"hesaid.“Britain will be divided into three,tobe ruled by my daughters.The richest partwill be given to the one who loves me most.","cbCaip7D8zUJctO8","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaip7D8zUJctO8","pdf",2938257,68,"English","# Cast List\n## Principal Characters\n# King Lear\n## The Division of Britain\n# Chaos and Old Age 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