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It yields some startling moments, as when Lear and his retinue announce their arrival at Goneril's house by simply bursting through the wall.
King Lear – review 2011
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The hundred knights wreck Goneril's banquet hall, or something?
Regan or Goneril Bardiac 2008
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After Lear strikes Goneril's steward, Oswald, for scolding his jester, Goneril says
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Oswald enters and Lear, apparently regarding him as a tool in Goneril's plan to mistreat the king, insults and slaps him.
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One can well believe that Goneril is impatient with Lear for striking a gentleman of Goneril's household 'for chiding of his fool'.
Shakespeare Bevington, David 2002
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Miss Hamelyn was mollified by Goneril's obedience.
Tales from Many Sources Vol. V Various
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"Of course I am aware of the strangeness of the name, but -- but in fact my brother was devotedly attached to his wife, who died at Goneril's birth."
Tales from Many Sources Vol. V Various
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The two old ladies stared, for after all Goneril's performance had been very simple.
Tales from Many Sources Vol. V Various
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KING LEAR'S WIFE: An episode in King Lear's earlier years, which throws much imaginative light on Goneril's and Cordelia's later treatment of their father.
The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays Eugene O'Neill 1920
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It is perhaps worth noting, that of the seven tuckets in the stage directions, only one, Goneril's, is supposed to be an English one.
Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries 1900
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