Lear - Episode 1
featuring interviews with actors Fran Kranz and John Slade
and University of California, Irvine professor Julia Lupton
Lear’s descent into madness, varying interpretations of a pivotal moment with his daughter Cordelia, and where there may be optimism within the arc of one of the Bard’s greatest tragic characters are all discussed in the first episode of Shakespeare’s Shadows with UC Irvine professor Julia Lupton, John Slade (a familiar face to frequenters of Southern California Shakespeare productions), and Fran Kranz (Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing).
This episode contains explicit language.