Monday, April 10, 2006

Reading

• King Lear, Act 5
• Nahum Tate, “From The History of King Lear” (BC 383–385)
• “The Church” and “The Ideology of Order” (BC, 315–321)

Notes

We continue our discussion of King Lear, now through act 5; we’ll start with two performances.

Our discussion should focus not only on those performances, but also on the concerns about disability that the play raises: think especially of blindness and madness. Make sure to bring your own concerns to class as well.