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Lucy Munro

Professor of Shakespeare and Early Modern Literature at King's College London

2 episodes

Appears in multiple episodes with: Emma Smith

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Culture English male poets 17th-century English male writers English Renaissance plays British plays adapted into films English male dramatists and playwrights English satirists People from the City of London 17th-century English dramatists and playwrights English Renaissance dramatists

Henry IV Part 1

Misha Glenny and guests discuss why Shakespeare's play with Falstaff, Hotspur and Prince Hal was so popular with his Tudor audience with its theme of what makes a ruler legitimate.

5 February 2026

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Also featuring: Emma Smith, Laurence Publicover

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Thomas Middleton

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the star writers for the London stage in the age of Shakespeare, much in demand for his own work and for rewriting the work of others.

20 March 2025

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Also featuring: Emma Smith, Michelle O’Callaghan

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Culture English satirists English male dramatists and playwrights People from the City of London 17th-century English male writers English male poets 17th-century English dramatists and playwrights English Renaissance dramatists 17th century