Ep. 14: Never Fear, Write King Lear (feat. William Shakespeare)

Published: April 23, 2020, 11 a.m.

We\u2019re back! Welcome to the second season of Glitter & Doom, where we\u2019ll be exploring artists in isolation.\n\nIf you\u2019re on Twitter, you might remember a meme-storm in early March after Roseanne Cash tweeted: \u201cJust a reminder that when Shakespeare was quarantined because of the plague, he wrote King Lear.\u201d With the help of Andrew Dickson, author of The Globe Guide to Shakespeare, we try and figure out if Shakespeare actually *did* write King Lear while under quarantine, and which one of Lear\u2019s daughters was the actual, literal worst.