King Lear, directed by Trevor Nunn, Royal Shakespeare Company, 2007 Exit EDMUND.
18. O the difference … body: Oh, what a difference there is between two men! Presumably she means Albany and Edmund. You, Edmund, deserve a woman’s favours but my fool of a husband has possession of my body.
O the difference of man and man! To thee a woman’s services are due: My fool usurps my body.18
OSWALD Madam, here comes my lord.
19. I have … whistling: Goneril is referring to an old saying here: ‘It is a poor dog that is not worth whistling for.’ Goneril means that at one time Albany would have been very glad to see her, but has not bothered to rush to greet her on her arrival now.