People from high society, all the way down the poorest of the poor observed Shakespeare’s plays, but how much of the bard’s work acknowledged the poor as he was penning some of his famous scenes about beggars? Our guest, Robert Henke is a professor Professor of Drama and Comparative Literature at UC Berkeley, and the author of several works on Shakespeare and theater. He joins us today to discuss one book in particular, Poverty and Charity in Early Modern Theater and Performance.