No Fear Shakespeare
King Lear
Get this No Fear to go!
Act 4, Scene 1, Page 3
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EDGAR
(aside)
How should this be?
Bad is the trade that must play fool to sorrow,
Angering itself and others.—Bless thee, master!
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EDGAR
(to himself) What’s going on? I hate pretending I’m a wandering beggar when all I want to do now is comfort my poor father.—Bless you, master.
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GLOUCESTER
Is that the naked fellow?
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GLOUCESTER
Is that the naked guy?
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OLD MAN
Ay, my lord.
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OLD MAN
Yes, my lord.
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GLOUCESTER
Then prithee, get thee gone. If for my sake
Thou wilt o'ertake us hence a mile or twain
I' th' way toward Dover, do it for ancient love.
And bring some covering for this naked soul,
Which I’ll entreat to lead me.
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GLOUCESTER
(to the OLD MAN) Then please go. If you’re willing to do me a favor, as an old friend, then catch up to us a mile or two further on the way to Dover, and bring some clothes for this poor beggar. I’ll ask him to be my guide.
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OLD MAN
Alack, sir, he is mad.
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OLD MAN
But sir, he’s crazy.
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GLOUCESTER
'Tis the time’s plague when madmen lead the blind.
Do as I bid thee. Or rather, do thy pleasure.
Above the rest, be gone.
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GLOUCESTER
It’s the tragedy of our times that lunatics must lead the blind. Do as I asked you. Or rather, do what you feel like doing. But above all, get out of here.
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OLD MAN
I’ll bring him the best 'parel that I have,
Come on ’t what will.
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OLD MAN
I’ll bring the crazy beggar the best clothes I have, no matter what happens.
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Exit OLD MAN
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GLOUCESTER
Sirrah, naked fellow—
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GLOUCESTER
Hey, naked guy—
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EDGAR
Poor Tom’s a-cold.
(aside) I cannot daub it further.
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EDGAR
Poor Tom’s chilly. (to himself) I can’t play this role any longer.
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GLOUCESTER
Come hither, fellow.
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GLOUCESTER
Come here, man.
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EDGAR
(aside) And yet I must.—Bless thy sweet eyes, they bleed.
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EDGAR
(to himself) But I must.—Bless you, sir. Your dear eyes are bleeding.
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GLOUCESTER
Know’st thou the way to Dover?
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GLOUCESTER
Do you know the way to Dover?
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