Paul Edmondson

Paul Edmondson

Paul Edmondson is Head of Learning at The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, an Honorary Fellow of The Shakespeare Institute, and an Honorary Fellow of The Society for Teachers of Speech and Drama. His first degree is from the University of Durham. He did his post-graduate work at The Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, and produced a critical edition of The London Prodigal (1605) for his Ph. D.

King Lear ends with the title character grieving for his daughter. In this audio excerpt, Paul Edmondson explains how Shakespeare uses direct language to get an eternal question: Why do the innocent suffer?

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