The+Fool

The Fool appears on stage at the following times: p 26 with Lear and Kent p33 Gonerill, Albany and Lear (Exit and returns) p34 Lear, Kent, Knight and Fool p 48 Lear and Gentleman pp 62-63 Lear pp 63 - 65 Lear and Kent p 65 Alone p 66 Lear and Kent pp 66-67 (enters, leaves and returns) Lear, Kent pp 67-72 Lear, Kent, Edgar(68); Glouster (70) pp 73-77 Kent, Glouster(76), Lear, Edgar
 * The Fool appears with King Lear (Lear just left on p 65 before his soliloquy). This suggests that there are two sides to everything that Lear has to say.

In contrast Cordelia appears: p 6 - 15 Lear, Full court; leaves with France pp 92-93 doctor and soldiers pp 106-109 Kent, doctor, Lear and gentleman enter (106) pp 114 -115 Edmund, Lear, soldiers and captain (she is a prisoner)

Interest raised when Cordelia is referred to as 'my poor fool' byLear in Act 5 sc 3; line 303; p127