An actor portraying this character has a heart attack after reciting this character’s line “a wren goes to ’t” in the opening scene of Station Eleven. After this character dies, one character remarks that “I have a journey, sir; shortly to go. [This character] calls me. I must not say no,” implying that he will kill himself. This character mourns another character, crying, “Why should a dog, a horse, a rat have life / And thou no breath at all?” This character claims that he is a “man more sinned against than sinning” during a scene that begins with him saying “blow, winds, and crack your cheeks!” during a storm where he is followed by his fool and a bastard son disguised as Tom O’Bedlam. For 10 points, name this titular king of a Shakespeare play who disinherits Cordelia after she refuses to flatter him. ■END■
ANSWER: King Lear
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