Any discussion of Timon of Athens has to come with a pair of caveats: first, it was most likely written by someone else, and second, the earliest known production happened more than fifty years after Shakespeare's death. Both facts seem equally important when considering this a play that wants to be either a tragedy or a satire and ends up being neither. In Episode 29, Joel examines this timely, yet problematic play.

In this episode, you'll hear excerpts and clips from:

• Arkangel Recordings. Timon of Athens. 2014.

• Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy of King Lear. The Riverside Shakespeare, Houghton and Mifflin, 1974.

Films discussed:

• Miller, Jonathan. Timon of Athens. BBC 1981.

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