Tom Healy
Professor of Renaissance Studies at the University of Sussex
3 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
CultureEnglish Renaissance playsPlays adapted into operasBritish plays adapted into filmsPlays set in ancient GreeceTrojan War literatureShakespearean comediesPlays set in AthensPlays based on classical mythologyPolitical philosophy in ancient GreeceCultural depictions of TheseusPlays about fairiesMetafictional plays1590s playsAgamemnon
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas behind Shakespeare's comedy with its intertwining plots of royal marriage, crossed lovers, quarreling fairies and rude mechanicals
18 April 2019
Also featuring: Helen Hackett, Alison Findlay
The Oresteia
Melvyn Bragg discusses the ‘Oresteia’, the first of the Classical tragedies that come out of fifth century Athens. It is a tale of homecoming, murder, bloody vengeance and the establishment of Law.
29 December 2005
Also featuring: Edith Hall, Simon Goldhill