Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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Tom Healy

Professor of Renaissance Studies at the University of Sussex

3 episodes

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CultureEnglish Renaissance playsPlays adapted into operasBritish plays adapted into filmsPlays set in ancient GreeceTrojan War literaturePlays set in AthensShakespearean comediesPlays based on classical mythologyPolitical philosophy in ancient Greece1590s playsPlays about fairiesMetafictional playsAgamemnon

  1. 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

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    Also featuring: Helen Hackett, Alison Findlay

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    CultureEnglish Renaissance playsPlays adapted into operasBritish plays adapted into filmsPlays set in ancient GreecePlays set in AthensShakespearean comedies1590s playsPlays about fairiesMetafictional plays

  2. History of Metaphor

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history of metaphor - the device of using one thing to describe another.

    25 November 2010

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    Also featuring: Steven Connor, Julie Sanders

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  3. 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

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    Also featuring: Edith Hall, Simon Goldhill

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    CulturePlays set in ancient GreeceTrojan War literaturePlays set in AthensPlays based on classical mythologyPolitical philosophy in ancient GreeceAgamemnon