
English spies
2 episodes
Episodes in this category also belong to the following categories:
CultureEnglish male poetsBurials at Westminster AbbeyEnglish male dramatists and playwrights17th-century English poetsPeople of the Elizabethan era16th-century English poets17th-century English dramatists and playwrights17th-century English writersEnglish women poetsEnglish Renaissance dramatistsEnglish feminist writers, English feministsEnglish women novelists16th-century English dramatists and playwrightsFeminism and history16th-century English male writers16th-century English translators17th-century English women writersDeaths by stabbing in England, English murder victims, People murdered in EnglandEnglish women dramatists and playwrightsLatin–English translatorsTory poets
Aphra Behn
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of Aphra Behn, known for her plays for the Restoration stage such as The Rover and for her novel Oroonoko.
12 October 2017
Featuring: Janet Todd, Ros Ballaster, Claire Bowditch
CultureEnglish feminist writers, English feministsTory poetsBurials at Westminster Abbey17th-century English writersEnglish women poets17th-century English dramatists and playwrightsFeminism and historyEnglish women dramatists and playwrights17th-century English poets17th-century English women writersEnglish spiesEnglish women novelistsMarlowe
Melvyn Bragg discusses Christopher Marlowe; a forger, a brawler, a spy, but above all a playwright, a poet and the most celebrated writer of his generation.
7 July 2005
Featuring: Katherine Duncan-Jones, Jonathan Bate, Emma Smith
16th-century English dramatists and playwrightsLatin–English translatorsDeaths by stabbing in England, English murder victims, People murdered in England16th-century English male writersEnglish male dramatists and playwrightsEnglish male poetsPeople of the Elizabethan era16th-century English poetsEnglish Renaissance dramatists16th-century English translatorsEnglish spies