Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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Greek plays adapted into films

3 episodes

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CultureCensored booksPlays adapted into operasFiction about suicidePlays set in ancient GreeceFiction about regicidePlays based on classical mythologyPlays set in AthensTheban mythology

  1. Lysistrata

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aristophanes' outrageous comedy from 411BC in which the women of Athens and Sparta bring their warring husbands to peace by staging a sex strike.

    11 April 2024

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    Featuring: Paul Cartledge, Sarah Miles, James Robson

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    CultureCensored booksPlays set in ancient GreeceGreek plays adapted into filmsPlays set in Athens

  2. Oedipus Rex

    Melvyn Bragg and guests on Sophocles' tragedy, sometimes called the best play ever written. With Edith Hall, Nick Lowe and Fiona Macintosh.

    08 June 2023

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    Featuring: Nick Lowe, Fiona Macintosh, Edith Hall

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    CulturePlays adapted into operasFiction about suicidePlays set in ancient GreeceGreek plays adapted into filmsFiction about regicidePlays based on classical mythologyTheban mythology

  3. The Bacchae

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great tragedy by Euripides, where Dionysus takes revenge on Thebans who denied his divinity, their king torn to shreds by his mother.

    18 March 2021

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    Featuring: Edith Hall, Emily Wilson, Rosie Wyles

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    CulturePlays adapted into operasPlays set in ancient GreeceGreek plays adapted into filmsPlays based on classical mythologyTheban mythology