James Shapiro, professor of English at Columbia University. This hour On Point, 1606, the year of Lear, and what Shakespeare tells us now. "Macbeth." "Antony and Cleopatra." And the great, bitter tale, "King Lear." They darkly, deeply lit his time, and maybe ours. He came out with three great tragedies that year. While plague and the “gunpowder plot” and fear of foreigners swirled around him. But unlike now, the great William Shakespeare was there. Uproar over borders and cultures, immigration and religion. Sixteen hundred and six was a hell of a year in old England. A portion of "King Lear and the Fool in the Storm" by William Dyce. Facebook Email This article is more than 7 years old.ġ606 was a year of plague, terror fallout, religious strife – and “King Lear.” We’ll look with a top Shakespeare scholar at the year of Lear.
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