Extracts from ‘Dialogue in the Dark’ By Michael Ignatieff

Synopsis: Extracts from ‘Dialogue in the Dark’, a play by Michael Ignatieff. It is a dramatisation of the last conversation between James Boswell and the philosopher David Hume, weeks before Hume’s death. The discussion centres on the question of life after death, the existence of God, and the problem of evil. The play is based on Boswell’s own account of the meeting, together with extracts from Hume’s own writings, and Adam Smith’s account of another meeting with the dying Hume. With Alex McCowen as Hume and David Rintoul as Boswell.
Series: Enlightenment, The: Course A206
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.
Year of production: 1993
Availability: Off-air recording licence
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Subjects: Drama; Philosophy; Religious studies
Keywords: Boswell, James; drama in English; Enlightenment; history of the 18th century; Hume, David; Ignatieff, Michael; Smith, Adam

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