Lear, king of Britain
King of France
Duke of Burgundy
Duke of Cornwall
Duke of Albany
Earl of Kent
Earl of Gloucester
Edgar, son of Gloucester
Edmund, bastard son to Gloucester
Curan , a courtier
Old Man , tenant to Gloucester
Doctor
Lear's Fool
Oswald, steward to Goneril
A Captain under Edmund's command
Gentlemen
A Herald
Servants to Cornwall
Goneril, daughter to Lear
Regan, daughter to Lear
Cordelia, daughter to Lear
Knights attending on Lear, Officers, Messengers , Soldiers , Attendants