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Part 1: Professor Brooks looks at Shaw’s work against the background of the European revolution in drama in the late nineteenth century, with its concern for nature. He identifies Shaw’s sense of the...
Brendan Behan surveys Dublin and Dubliners, shedding light on his own character. Includes comments from his father and mother, his wife and his daughter.
Act I Scene 1, Act II Scene 5, Act III Scene 2, Act IV Scene 2.
During the 17th century the theatre was predominately a male domain from which women were excluded, especially as playwrights. For Aphra Behn, the first woman playwright, to enter the fiercely competitive...
Looks at the importance of Brecht’s songs in their dramatic context with epecial emphasis on ‘Mother Courage’. Includes a discussion of how Brecht composed ‘The Alabama Song’ with Kurt Weill.
The play ‘Madmen and Specialists’, which is set in Nigeria after a bitter civil war, presents a series of characters - comic, sinister, traditional and modern, who have been and are being affected by...
A drama illustrating the paradoxes of infinity: only in an infinite hotel is it possible for every room to be occupied and while still leaving room for guests. The character Fiona Knight (Fi-Nite) arrives at...
Playwright Edward Bond in conversation with Melvyn Bragg, discusses the concerns that have informed his work since the mid-1960s. Shows excerpts from ‘Saved’, ‘The Fool’, ‘The Women’ and ‘The...
Introduction to Shelley’s play, setting it in its cultural context: Aeschylus, Göethe and Byron, Flaxman, Beethoven and Schubert. Examples are chosen from the opening act of Prometheus’ suffering and...
Dr Katharine Worth discusses with Malcolm Edwards his production of The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster, performed by a student cast. Includes extracts from the production.
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