'King Lear' light and dark: webinar
Here are the links and notes from my webinar on Tuesday 7th May 2024 for the English Community of Practice organised by Joe Rolston via Wexford Education Support Centre.
Summary of resources on the play.
Emma Smith: This is Shakespeare - my notes on the King Lear chapter. Her Oxford University lecture (via the Approaching Shakespeare podcast series) which was the basis of that chapter.
James Shapiro’s 1606: Shakespeare and the Year of Lear - my notes.
LitDrive presentation on teaching the end of the play, which overlaps with the latter part of this webinar.
My essay on Caravaggio and King Lear.
My essay on the bleakness of the play’s vision.
My essay on blindness in the play.
My essay on the cheerless, comfortless and dark end of the play.
My comments on Scott Newstok’s book How to Think Like Shakespeare: lessons from a Renaissance Education.
An examination-focussed webinar on Wednesday 16th October at 7.00pm via Tralee Education Support Centre: free registration at Revising and thinking about King Lear for the Leaving Certificate.
