Main events of the act 1: King Lear wants to retire and share his kingdom between three daughters; When asked about how much they love their father, two daughters, Goneril and Regan pay him lots of fake compliments; His youngest daughter, Cordelia, doesn't want to demonstrate her feelings...
Main events of the act 2: Edmund persuades Edgar that his father wants to punish him for something so Edgar runs away; Gloucester disowns his son Edgar and gives all his heritage to Edmund; Regan knows that her father is coming to visit her but takes off to visit Gloucester castle; Lear...
Main events of the act 3: Wandering around in the storm King Lear expresses his pain and desperation; Kent finds Lear and takes him to find shelter in a hovel; Kent sends notice to Cordelia that her father needs help; The French army is already on British land; In the hovel, King Lear meets Edgar...
Main events of the act 4: Goneril arrives at her castle, but her husband doesn't come to greet her; Albany is unhappy about what happened to Lear and Goneril wants to have a love affair with Edmund; Duke of Cornwall dies and his widow Regan starts to plan a marriage with Edmund; Gloucester...
Main events of the act 5: Regan wants to know whether Edmund loves Goneril; Edgar gives a letter to the Duke of Albany as proof of Goneril's sins; Edmund doesn't want to choose between Regan or Goneril and hopes that one of them will murder the other; Edmund is dreaming of becoming a kind...