Edmund (King Lear)

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Edmund (King Lear)

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Edmund is a character in Shakespeare's "King Lear," and is Gloucester’s younger, illegitimate son. Edmund resents his status as a bastard and schemes to usurp Gloucester’s title and possessions from Edgar. He is a formidable character, succeeding in almost all of his schemes and wreaking destruction upon virtually all of the other characters.

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Edmund (King Lear) has been suggested to play 29 roles. Click below to see other actors suggested for each role, and vote for who you think would play the role best.

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Alas, Poor Villain

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Un-Favourite (The Un-Favorite)

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Freudian Excuse

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Freudian Excuse
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Missing Mom (Dad but no Mom, Raised by Dad)

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Missing Mom
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Manipulative Bastard (Manipulative B*tch)

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Azure Masks

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Sorting into the Order of St. George

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Canon Foreigner (Adaptational New Character)

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The Chessmaster

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Obviously Evil

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Heel-Face Door Slam

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Royal Bastard

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Royal Bastard
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Half-Sibling

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Bastard Bastard

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Bastard Bastard
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King Lear (C. 1606)

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King Lear
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Ambition Is Evil

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Ambition Is Evil
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William Shakespeare

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English (British)

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Shakespeare

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Cain and Abel

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Cain and Abel
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Vaguely 800s BCE

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Chronic Backstabbing Disorder

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Redemption Equals Death

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Youngest Child (Affectionate) (Little Sib)

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Wounded Gazelle Gambit

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