Links to all the podcasts and transcripts from the ‘King Lear scene by scene’ series.

The final episode of King Lear scene by scene looks at the cataclysmic last scene of the tragedy,

Episode 9 of the King Lear scene by scene podcast looks at the first two scenes in Act 4, the first in the immediate aftermath of Gloucester’s blinding, the second an opportunity to look at the character development of Albany throughout the play.

Episode 8 of the King Lear scene by scene post looks at the horrifying Act 3 scene 7 - the blinding of Gloucester, and how images of seeing and blindness ramify through the story.

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Episode 6 of the King Lear scene by scene podcast looks at the first three scenes of Act 3, as the storm takes over.

Episode 4 of the King Lear scene by scene podcast looks at Act 1 scene 5, Act 2 scene 1 and Act 2 scene 2.

Repeat of a webinar on teaching Claire Keegan’s novel Small Things Like These for those who missed the September session.

The third in the King Lear scene by scene podcast looks at Act One scenes Three and Four.

The second talk in the series King Lear scene by scene looks at Act 1 scene 2, in which we are introduced to the sub-plot (unique in Shakespeare's tragedies), starting with the fascinating villain Edmund.

Notes, links and resources from a webinar on revising King Lear for the Leaving Certificate on Wednesday 16th October via Tralee Education Support Centre.

The first in the series of King Lear: scene by scene podcasts (with transcripts) looks at Act I scene i