Greg Doran, artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, thinks the Bubonic plague helped shape William Shakespeare’ writing. https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/dec/13/a-happy-ending-for-king-lear-trauma-of-plague-caused-shakespeare-to-change-plays-finale We studied King Lear sometime in college. Yes I found it depressing. Interesting that the source play (that Shakespeare based his King Lear on) had a happy ending, but he was so traumatized by all the […]