Comedy, Tragedy, History: The Live Drama and Vital Truth of William Shakespeare

8 lectures on 8 audio cassettes. Lecture 1: Shakespeare and Stratford; lecture 2: Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Theater; Lecture 3: Shakespeare and English history: Richard II; Lecture 4: kings and Commoners: Henry IV 1 & 2 and Henry V; Lecture 5: Twelfth Night and Shakespearean Comedy; Lecture 6: the Merchant of Venice and the Reinterpretation of Shakespeare; Lecture 7: Hamlet and the Perplexing World; Lecture 8: King Lear.