New Canaan Library is pleased to offer a unique exploration of Shakespeare's famous King Lear by Yale professor and dean Mark J. Schenker. Professor Schenker will speak at the Library on Tuesday, February 23 at 6:30 p.m. in the Adrian Lamb Room. Please register for this program online at newcanaanlibrary.org.
King Lear is one of the four plays Shakespeare wrote between 1600 and 1606 that are considered the height of his achievement in tragedy: Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth. Join Mark Schenker of Yale College for a consideration of King Lear, both on its own terms and in the context of Shakespeare’s tragedies. Among the topics Schenker will cover in his lecture include the tragic view of life, the nature of the tragic hero, the moral imagination, and the ways in which Shakespeare employs theater as symbol and metaphor. Participants are encouraged to bring to the session any edition of the play so that they can follow along when extended references are made to particular scenes.