Scene from Shakespeare's King Lear, c1858. Artist: Robert Dudley

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Scene from Shakespeare's King Lear, c1858. Lear, betrayed by his daughters Goneril and Regan and confused by rage, powerlessness and ill-treatment, is comforted by his youngest daughter, Cordelia (Act IV, Scene VII). The play was first performed in c1605.

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