King Lear (1619)

Summary: Second quarto (Q2) of William Shakespeare's King Lear; dated 1608, printed 1619 (for a brief summary of the printing and dating, see E. K. Chambers, William Shakespeare: A Study of Facts and Problems [Oxford: Clarendon, 1930] I: 133-37)

Physical description: 1 volume: 13.5cm x 18cm (5 1/4" x 7"); [87] p; signatures: A-L4; imperfect: t.-p. slightly mutilated and mounted

Held by: Horace Howard Furness Memorial [Shakespeare] Library, Department of Special Collections, Van Pelt Library, University of Pennsylvania [call number: Furness STC 22293]

Facsimile note: The pages of the text appear at approximately one and a half times the size of the original. Their exact size will vary with monitors. They have been adjusted for clarity and visibility. No other alterations or enhancements have been made. These adjustments may occasionally result in color and brightness variations which exaggerate those of the original.

• Act & Scene Index
  Links below move to the beginning of each indicated scene. Act/scene divisions are keyed to and based upon those provided in The Riverside Shakespeare (the quarto original contains no act or scene divisions).

  Act	Scenes
  One	One	Two	Three	Four	Five
  Two	One	Two	Three	Four
  Three	One	Two	Three	Four	Five	Six	Seven
  Four	One	Two	Three	Four	Five	Six	Seven
  Five	One	Two	Three

• Page and Line-number Index
  Links in the chart below move to individual pages of the facsimile. Upper citations refer to signatures; lower citations refer to first lines of facsimile pages (in act.scene.line number notation). Act, scene, and line numbers are keyed to and based upon those provided in The Riverside Shakespeare (the quarto original contains no act or scene divisions).

  A1 Title Page		A2 I.1.1	A2v I.i.26	A3 I.i.67	A3v I.i.108	A4 I.i.144	A4v I.i.178
  B1 I.i.213	B1v I.i.250	B2 I.ii.284	B2v I.ii.24	B3 I.ii.66	B3v I.ii.106	B4 I.ii.155	B4v I.iii.14
  C1 I.iv.33	C1v I.iv.76	C2 I.iv.121	C2v I.iv.172	C3 I.iv.219	C3v I.iv.265	C4 I.iv.314	C4v I.v.19
  D1 II.1.6	D1v II.i.46	D2 II.i.92	D2v II.i.129	D3 II.ii.41	D3v II.ii.77	D4 II.ii.114	D4v II.ii.150
  E1 II.iii.11	E1v II.iv.26	E2 II.iv.74	E2v II.iv.115	E3 II.iv.154	E3v II.iv.186	E4 II.iv.217	E4v II.iv.250
  F1 II.iv.286	F1v III.i.11	F2 III.i.54	F2v III.i.40	F3 III.ii.78	F3v III.iv.6	F4 III.iv.49	F4v III.iv.93
  G1 III.iv.138	G1v III.iv.175	G2 III.vi.3	G2v III.vi.55	G3 III.vi.95	G3v III.vii.15	G4 III.vii.47	G4v III.vii.80
  H1 IV.i.9	H1v IV.i.40	H2 IV.i.76	H2v IV.ii.29	H3 IV.ii.64	H3v IV.ii.96	H4 IV.iii.34	H4v IV.iv.13
  I1 IV.v.17	I1v IV.vi.9	I2 IV.vi.41	I2v IV.vi.76	I3 IV.vi.119	I3v IV.vi.165	I4 IV.vi.213	I4v IV.vi.246
  K1 IV.vi.281	K1v IV.vii.23	K2 IV.vii.58	K2v IV.vii.90	K3 V.i.25	K3v V.i.54	K4 V.iii.3	K4v V.iii.38
  L1 V.iii.71	L1v V.iii.107	L2 V.iii.148	L2v V.iii.183	L3 V.iii.220	L3v V.iii.257	L4 V.iii.293