Time doctor and hands-on historian Matt Kirshen joins host Alice Fraser on today's episode to remind us that William Shakespeare wrote King Lear during the plague - or did he? For Matt completists looking to collect the full set, jump back to episodes 40 (Sex Advice), 45 (Pict crisis - Essex calls), and 56 (US Election update) for his first three appearances of this year.This is a Bugle Podcasts production.This episode was produced by Ped Hunter and Chris Skinner. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.