Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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Plays about witches and witchcraft

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CultureEnglish Renaissance playsPlays adapted into operasBritish plays adapted into filmsFiction about suicidePlays adapted into television showsShakespearean tragediesFiction about regicidePlays adapted into radio programsShakespearean comediesPlays about fairiesPlays set in Italy

  1. Macbeth

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Shakespeare's tragedy of ambition where Macbeth saves his King from one revolt only to murder and replace him, to fulfil a witches' prophecy.

    1 October 2020

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    Featuring: Emma Smith, Kiernan Ryan, David Schalkwyk

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    CultureEnglish Renaissance playsPlays adapted into operasBritish plays adapted into filmsFiction about suicidePlays adapted into television showsShakespearean tragediesFiction about regicidePlays about witches and witchcraft

  2. The Tempest

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss The Tempest, one of Shakespeare's last and richest plays.

    14 November 2013

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    Featuring: Jonathan Bate, Erin Sullivan, Katherine Duncan-Jones

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    CultureEnglish Renaissance playsPlays adapted into operasBritish plays adapted into filmsPlays adapted into television showsShakespearean comediesPlays adapted into radio programsPlays set in ItalyPlays about witches and witchcraftPlays about fairies