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Sophocles

Sophocles

Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics vor 6 Jahren

A fresh look at the ancient world: Sophocles invents the TV detective.

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A fresh look at the ancient world.

Natalie Haynes, critic, writer and reformed stand-up comedian,
brings the ancient world entertainingly up to date. In each of
the four programmes she profiles a figure from ancient Greece or
Rome and creates a stand-up routine around them. She then goes in
search of the links which make the ancient world still very
relevant in the 21st century.

Episode 2: Sophocles invents modern drama with Oedipus the King.
Spoiler alert! – it doesn't end well. This episode includes handy
hints on how to get in the mood for a classical tragedy (bring a
bottle.) With Professor Edith Hall, poet and playwright Frank
McGuinness and TV critic Andrew Collins.

Producer Christine Hall

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2014.