King Lear

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• Edgar disguises himself as a crazy beggar "Poor Tom" while fleeing from his father's manhunt; he goes to the heath

• Lear, King of Britain steps down from throne, the Kingdom is divided among his 3 daughters

• Before dividing it, he makes a test for them where they have to tell him how much they love him

• King of France wants to marry Cordelia even without her Land

• Cordelia (youngest daughter), can't put her love into words, thus being disowned by Lear

• Goneril+Regan (Lear's oldest daughters), give flattering answers

• Lear learns that he made a bad decision, since the older daughters are diminishing the authority Lear holds 

• Without realising it, he goes insane and flees his daughter's house to wander on a heath during a thunderstorm with his Fool and Kent (loyal noblemen in disguise)

• During the wander, Edmund (Gloucester's illegitimate son) tricks Gloucester into believing that Edgar (Gloucester's legitimate son) is trying to kill him

• King Lear divides Land according to amount of Love from his daughters. Goneril and Regan lie and exaggerate. Lear disowns Cordelia.

• Goneril thinks that Lair is a frustrating guest. Per request, her servants behave rudely to Lear and his attendants.

• The Earl of Kent goes to Goneril’s castle in disguise to serve and defend Lear. Lear leaves Goneril’s castle in anger after she tells him that he will have to get rid of his knights.

• Lear sends Kent to deliver a message to Gloucester. The Fool scolds Lear about his bad decisions, foreseeing that Regan will treat Lear no better than Goneril did.

• Edmund convinces Edgar that he must flee his father’s home. Regan believes Edmund’s lies about Edgar, and suggests that Lear’s knights may be responsible for the "attempt" to kill Gloucester.

• Regan and Cornwall put Kent in the stocks for attacking Oswald, the chief steward of Goneril’s household.

• Edgar disguises himself as “Poor Tom,” a wandering beggar.

• Lear arrives at Gloucester’s castle, and Regan and Goneril rebuke their father together. Lear goes out into the wild by himself during a storm, while the daughters lock the doors behind him.

• Kent searches for Lear in the storm and comes across one of his knights. He tells the knight to make arrangements with Cordelia to provide help in defending Lear.

• Kent finds Lear along with his Fool wandering in the storm. He convinces Lear to go to a nearby hovel to seek shelter.

• Gloucester reveals to Edmund that he is appalled by the way that Regan, Goneril, and Cornwall treated Lear, and that he is secretly In communication with the French. Edmund delights in the fact that he can now reveal Gloucester’s plans to Cornwall and hopefully inherent Gloucester’s fortune after Gloucester is put to death.

• Lear and the others encounter the disguised Edgar, who strikes up a relationship with Lear immediately. Gloucester arrives and convinces everyone to go back to the castle despite the risks.

• Edmund’s plan to manipulate Cornwall goes perfectly, with Cornwall conferring the title of Earl of Gloucester on Edmund. Cornwall sends Edmund to find Gloucester, and Edmund reasons that if he can catch his father in the act of helping Lear, Cornwall’s suspicions will be confirmed.

• Gloucester, Kent, Lear, and the Fool take shelter. Lear descends further into madness. Gloucester says that he has heard of a plan to kill Lear, so the group heads for Dover.

• Gloucester is captured and admits to helping Lear escape. Cornwall and Regan ridicule and torture Gloucester, gouging out his eyes and banishing him.

• Edgar sees his blinded father being led by an elderly man. Edgar agrees to take over leading his father, although he does not reveal his identity.

• Goneril confronts Albany who has become furious with her after learning about the cruel treatment of Lear. When he further learns about the blinding of Gloucester and Cornwall's death, Albany resolves to take revenge upon Edmund and to assist Gloucester.

• Kent arrives in Dover where he learns that Cordelia is now in charge of the French army, and that Lear has arrived safely, although still mentally unwell. Lear refuses to see Cordelia because he is ashamed of the way he treated her, and armies are on their way from both Regan and Goneril’s castles to fight the French.

• Cordelia sends men to a cornfield to find Lear who's singing madly while covered with weeds and flowers. The doctor tells Cordelia that Lear needs sleep

• Regan wants to marry Edmund after Cornwall's death. Regan helps Oswald in finding and killing Gloucester.

• Edgar convinces his father that God does not want him to kill himself, and they encounter Lear enraged. Oswald sees Gloucester and tries to murder him, Edgar kills Oswald and takes the secret letter to Edmund.

• Lear + Cordelia are reunited, Lear is mad due to not understanding the situation, Battle is inminent

• Goneril + Regan fight over Edmund, while Edmund watches. Meanwhile, Edgar passes along the secret letter to Albany who now knows that Goneril wants Edmund to kill Albany.

• The battle occurs, and Edgar reports back to Gloucester that Cordelia’s army has lost, Cordelia + Lear have been captured.

• Regan & Goneril fight over Edmund, but Edgar arrives to reveal his brother’s duplicity and challenge him to a duel. Edmund , Goneril, Regan, Gloucester, Cordelia, and Lear all die. Edgar becomes king.

• Edmund (illegitimate son of Gloucester) wants to ruin Edgar (legitimate son of Gloucester), he tells his Father that Edgar is plotting to kill him