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Britain, in mythic times: The aged, stubborn King Lear wants to retire and divide the kingdom among his three daughters. Before that, he subjects Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia to a test of love. After the deceitful, passionate declarations of loyalty from the two elder sisters, Cordelia – until now the favored daughter – remains rather reserved. She explains that she loves her father as a daughter’s duty requires – but wishes to subordinate this daughterly love to her devotion to a future husband.

The choleric king is driven to rage by her confession. He disowns Cordelia and divides the empire between Goneril and Regan. Also banished is Lear’s advisor, the Earl of Kent, after he criticizes the ruler's behavior. While the King of France takes the now landless Cordelia home, Lear demands from the remaining daughters only the financing of his retirement and one hundred knights for personal protection. However, Goneril and Regan find even this request excessive; they only want to get rid of the old man. When Lear realizes this, he leaves the castle, accompanied by his fool and the disguised Kent, and gets caught in a raging storm on the heath. King Lear sees the nakedness of the human creature, arriving at self-awareness through the detour of madness.

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