Lear in Lockdown - Studying King Lear

66 episodes to help you study Shakespeare's "King Lear" - including scene analysis with actor and director Alan Stanford, teachers and students sharing Leaving Cert sample answers, theme explainers, favourite quotes and the King Lear Quiz where (just like the Leaving Cert) all your favourite questions come up! Starring the students from Moyne Community School, Scoil Mhuire and St. Mel’s College, Longford, Carraigallen Vocational School, Leitrim. Compiled by RTÉ Radio 1's Drama on One team.

01 - Why study Shakespeare's King Lear

An introduction to the BardSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

03-09
02:30

05 - King Lear - Subplot, information and letters

Two stories in tandem.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

03-09
07:09

06 - Scene study - Act 1 Scene 2

The Gloucester family storyline – Edgar and Edmund.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

03-09
02:16

04 - The structure and economy of King Lear

A look at the language in the playSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

03-09
02:15

03 - Scene Study Act 1 Scene 1

The Love Test and the word ‘Nothing’. Lear divides his kingdom and abdicates responsibility.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

03-09
08:19

07 - Scene Study Act 1 Scene 2

Edmund manipulates Edgar without telling a lie.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

03-09
04:45

02 - Two families Gloucester and Lear

There are two families in Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear – Goneril, Regan and Cordelia Lear and Edmund and Edgar Gloucester –and their fathers!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

03-09
01:33

12 - The Journeys of Lear and Gloucester

The Journeys of Lear and GloucesterSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

03-09
02:04

09 - Two favourite quotes

Edmund in Act 5 Scene 3 in the camp near Dover “This speech of yours hath moved me, And shall perchance do good: but speak you on; You look as you had something more to say.” And Lear in Act 3 Scene 2 “Poor fool and knave, I have one part in my heart that's sorry yet for thee!"See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

03-09
01:50

08 - A pessimistic world view?

Shakespeare's vision of the world in King Lear is essentially pessimistic. Would you agree. Discuss the view with suitable quotation and reference. (Cog sheet! How to answer a typical exam question interrogated and analysed through introduction, body of answer and conclusion. )See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

03-09
04:19

10 - Scene Study - Act 1 Scene 4

The value of Nothing - Lear, Kent and role of The Fool as Lear's conscienceSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

03-09
05:41

14 - The most important changes that take place in the character of King Lear

What in your opinion are the most important changes that take place in the character of King Lear during the play. (Cog sheet! How to answer a typical exam question interrogated and analysed by introduction, body of answer and conclusion. )See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

03-09
05:39

13 - Four favourite quotes

Lear in Act 4 Scene 6, The Fool in Act 2 Scene 4, Goneril in Act 5 Scene 1, Lear in Act 3 Scene 2See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

03-09
02:40

11 - Theme of Blindness in King Lear

Cog sheet! How to answer a typical exam question interrogated and analysed by introduction, body of answer and conclusion.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

03-09
02:03

15 - The Theme of Family in King Lear

The parallels in the families of King Lear and The Earl of GloucesterSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

03-09
02:00

19 - Lear - from centrality to loneliness and isolation

In the play, King Lear moves from a position of centrality to one of loneliness and isolation. Discuss. Introduction, body of answer and conclusion. (Cog sheet!)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

03-09
04:54

18 - Scene study - Act 3 Scene 4

The Storm Scene. Lear recognises ‘need” as he moves towards self-realisation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

03-09
05:16

16 - Scene Study Act 2 Scene 4 - The Dismissal of Lear

Lear’s daughters Goneril and Regan gang up on LearSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

03-09
07:51

20 - Scene Study Act 3 Scene 6

The Mock Trial. The metaphor of the StaircaseSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

03-09
05:22

21 - Two Favourite Quotes

The image of the Storm scenes in Act 3. Lear in Act 1 Scene 5 . “I did her wrong …”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

03-09
02:14

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