Elizabethan and Jacobean Revenge Tragedy
- Alternative title
- Elizabethan Revenge
- Synopsis
- Radio programme. Melvyn Bragg and guests Jonathan Bate, Professor of Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature at the University of Warwick, Julie Sanders, Professor of English Literature and Drama at the University of Nottingham, and Janet Clare, Professor of Renaissance Literature at the University of Hull, discuss Elizabethan and Jacobean revenge tragedy from Thomas Kyd’s The Spanish Tragedy to Shakespeare’s Hamlet in the context of the Elizabethan age.
- Series
- In Our Time
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Multimedia; Radio
- Transmission details
- 18 Jun 2009 at 09:00 (Channel: BBC Radio 4)
- Duration
- 45 mins
Credits
- Producer
- James Cook
- Contributor
- Janet Clare; Jonathan Bate; Julie Sanders; Melvyn Bragg
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Plays
- Hamlet; Titus Andronicus
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Elizabethan drama; Jacobean drama; Middleton, Thomas (1580-1627); revenge; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Webster, John; Kyd, Thomas (1558-1594)
Notes
- Reviews
- Source: BBC programme information, Radio Times
Marshall Williamson in a comment for S H A K S P E R: The Global Shakespeare Discussion List (SHK 20.0329 Elizabethan and Jacobean Revenge Tragedy), "These scholars are keen to point out the spectacular popularity of ‘The Spanish Tragedy’ of Thomas Kyd, the significance of the character of Hieronimo, and the precursors of Shakespeare, going back as far as Ovid and Seneca (in ‘Thyestes’, Atreus: ‘Crime should have limit but not when it is repaid’, all of Seneca’s works having been published in England by 1581), as well as the more direct predecessors in Thomas Kyd and Marston, and the effect that these preceding waves of theatre had on the new penning of ‘Titus Andronicus’.
Highly recommended." (22 June 2009),
Online Availability
- Online URL
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00l16vp
- Online price
- free
- Online format
- Streamed
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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Shakespeare, "Elizabethan and Jacobean Revenge Tragedy". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av72239 (Accessed 20 Sep 2024)