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Fall Shakespeare Lecture with Dr. Richard Gibson In-Person
King Lear has long been viewed as theologically problematic and has even been accused of being an irreligious play. In this talk, Dr. Richard Hughes Gibson will examine the responses of writers who own up to the play’s bleakness and yet nonetheless find in it profound religious insights. Drawing on the works of George MacDonald, Leo Tolstoy, W.H. Auden, Frederick Buechner, and Wendell Berry, this talk will reveal how particular episodes from Lear have fueled meditations on grace, compassion, and the power of moments of divine absence.
This event is free and open to the public.
- Date:
- Thursday, October 29, 2026
- Time:
- 7:00pm - 8:30pm
- Time Zone:
- Central Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Bakke Auditorium, Wade Center
- Categories:
- Shakespeare Society
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