Kevin Bistre asked Elizabeth Nunez:

Do you have a favorite Shakespeare (jester) fool?

Elizabeth Nunez It’s difficult to say that Lear’s fool is my favorite, for though, like all Shakespeare’s fools, he tells the truth under the guise of humor, his truth is particularly painful, delivered at a time when Lear has proof positive of his folly. His gibes at Lear for succumbing to the flattery of his two older daughters and banishing the youngest who told him the truth are heartbreaking. But as the fool says: “Truth’s a dog must to kennel. He must be whipped out.”

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