Audition Pieces For King Lear

Goneril: Act 1, Scene 4 “This admiration sir, is much o’ the savour…”

Regan: Act 2, Scene 1 “Thus out of season, threading dark-eyed night?”

Cordelia: Act 4, Scene 7 “O my dear father…”

Gloucester: Act 1, Scene 2 “These late eclipses in the sun and moon..”

Edgar: Act 4, Scene 6 “Come sir, here’s the place…”

Edmund: Act 1, Scene 2 “Thou nature, art my goddess…”

Kent: Act 3, Scene 1 “Sir, I do know you and dare upon the warrant of my
note..”

The Fool: Act 3, Scene 2 “This is a brave night to Coll a courtesan…”

Albany: Act 4, Scene 2 “Wisdom and goodness to the vile seem vile..”