Literary duos
2 episodes
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CultureEnglish Renaissance playsPlays adapted into operasBritish plays adapted into filmsFiction about suicideLove storiesPlays adapted into television showsShakespearean tragediesArthurian charactersPlays adapted into radio programs1590s playsFiction about poisoningsPlays set in ItalyWelsh mythology
Romeo and Juliet
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the poetry and power of Shakespeare's tragedy of two young lovers in Verona, their families divided by a bitter feud
17 February 2022
Featuring: Helen Hackett, Paul Prescott, Emma Smith
Tristan and Iseult
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Tristan and Iseult, as told by Thomas of Britain and Beroul in the 12th century and reworked by Gottfried of Strasbourg and others, including Wagner.
31 December 2015
Featuring: Laura Ashe, Juliette Wood, Mark Chinca