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The King Lear Podcast: #1 Intro & Background

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Show Notes

Studying King Lear for your Leaving Cert? Studyclix has you covered!

Listen to expert teacher Peter Tobin, as he takes a deep dive into the play, providing useful analysis and theories that you can use in your Shakespeare essays.

In this first episode, Peter is going to give us some background on the play, explaining why and when Shakespeare wrote it.

For more excellent (and free) Leaving Cert English content to help you excel in your exams, we highly recommend checking out Peter's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC92KBWQhZ6bpEZe9x62Et3Q

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