Welcome to The Play's the Thing, a podcast dedicated to an ongoing examination and celebration of Shakespeare's entire canon. In this episode, David Kern, Matt Bianco, and Tim McIntosh explore act two King Lear. Topics of conversation include whether Lear is deserving of sympathy, the different ways characters are judging the nature of other characters, whether General and Regan are trustworthy, and much more.

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