Cal Michael
auditioning for
Edmund
in King Lear (Shakespeare Audio Play)
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.
Please note that "wherefore" means "why" in modern English.
Thou, Nature, art my goddess; to thy law My services are bound. Wherefore should Stand in the plague of custom, and permit The curiosity of nations to deprive me, For that I am some twelve or fourteen moonshines Lag of a brother? Why bastard? wherefore base?