In the years leading up to 1606, which saw the death of Queen Elizabeth and the arrival in England of her successor, King James of Scotland, Shakespeare's great productivity had ebbed. Many believed that his prolific genius was a thing of the past. But that year, at age forty-two, he found his footing again, finishing King Lear and then writing two other great tragedies: Macbeth and Antony and Cl…
SOURCE: WNYC at 08:34PM on November 27, 2015