#132: Shakespeare’s Plague

<p>Academic and author of <em>This is Shakespeare </em>Emma Smith joins the <em>Prospect </em>Interview this week to discuss the bard’s much gossiped about life under the plague. While many of us may have come across reminders that Shakespeare spun out <em>King Lear </em>while under lockdown centuries ago, Emma says that there’s another plague-era play of his that shows another side of historic London life—the comic, and unapologetically raunchy, <em>Venus and Adonis.</em></p><br><p>Emma’s article on Venus and Adonis is available here: <a href="https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/shakespeares-answer-to-the-plague-more-sex-and-comedy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/shakespeares-answer-to-the-plague-more-sex-and-comedy</a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>