Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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Erin Sullivan

Lecturer and Fellow at the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham

2 episodes

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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 fairiesNYRB Classics

  1. 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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    Also featuring: Jonathan Bate, 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

  2. The Anatomy of Melancholy

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss a masterpiece of 17th-century medicine and literature: Robert Burton's The Anatomy of Melancholy.

    12 May 2011

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    Also featuring: Julie Sanders, Mary Ann Lund

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