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    Kent Scenes

    Kent is a character from King Lear. Browse 4 curated audition pieces featuring Kent, spanning drama, tragedy. Each scene includes Director's Notes with performance guidance, character analysis, and a downloadable PDF.

    4 audition pieces available · drama, Tragedy

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    duologue
    3-5 minutes

    Lear banishes Kent

    King Lear

    by William Shakespeare

    King Lear, enraged by Cordelia's refusal to flatter him, disinherits her. Kent attempts to intervene, urging Lear to reconsider his rash decision and see the truth in Cordelia's honesty. Lear, however, is unyielding and banishes Kent for his defiance.

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    duologue
    3 min

    King Lear and Kent: Come Not Between the Dragon and His Wrath

    King Lear

    by William Shakespeare

    King Lear disinherits his youngest daughter Cordelia and banishes his loyal advisor Kent when the latter attempts to intervene against Lear's rash judgment.

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    duologue
    2 min

    Oswald and Kent: A Knave, a Rascal

    King Lear

    by William Shakespeare

    Kent, in disguise, encounters Oswald, the steward to Goneril. Kent unleashes a creative and relentless verbal assault on Oswald before physically attacking him for his perceived disloyalty to King Lear.

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    duologue
    3 min

    Kent and King Lear: Wilt Break My Heart

    King Lear

    by William Shakespeare

    Amidst a raging storm on the heath, the aging King Lear, descending into madness and betrayed by his daughters, reflects on his own failures as a ruler and the suffering of the poor.

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    King Lear

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