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Natalie Haynes Stands Up For the Classics: A Comical Guide to Ancient Greece and Rome, Series 1-4

Natalie Haynes
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A humorous and informative look at historical characters from ancient Greece and Rome.

Natalie is a recovering comedian who is a little bit obsessive about Ancient Greece and Rome. Each week she takes a different figure from the ancient world and tells their story through a mix of stand-up comedy and conversation.

Over the course of these four series she tells the stories of Sophocles (who invents the TV detective with Oedipus - bad things happen), Virgil (who creates Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Aspasia (how to be a notorious woman in ancient Greece), Ovid (expect frottage at the races), Plato (on the chunky side, but very good at wrestling) and Sappho (a lot of gossip from over 1,000 years ago), among others.

Featuring special guests including classicists Professor Edith Hall and Professor Llewelyn Morgan, novelists Stella Duffy and Ben Okri and comedians Katy Brand and Al Murray.
Format:
Audible Audio
Pages:
8 pages
Publication:
2019
Publisher:
BBC Digital Audio
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Language:
eng
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Natalie Haynes Stands Up For the Classics: A Comical Guide to Ancient Greece and Rome, Series 1-4

Natalie Haynes
4.53/5 (347 ratings)
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A humorous and informative look at historical characters from ancient Greece and Rome.

Natalie is a recovering comedian who is a little bit obsessive about Ancient Greece and Rome. Each week she takes a different figure from the ancient world and tells their story through a mix of stand-up comedy and conversation.

Over the course of these four series she tells the stories of Sophocles (who invents the TV detective with Oedipus - bad things happen), Virgil (who creates Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Aspasia (how to be a notorious woman in ancient Greece), Ovid (expect frottage at the races), Plato (on the chunky side, but very good at wrestling) and Sappho (a lot of gossip from over 1,000 years ago), among others.

Featuring special guests including classicists Professor Edith Hall and Professor Llewelyn Morgan, novelists Stella Duffy and Ben Okri and comedians Katy Brand and Al Murray.
Format:
Audible Audio
Pages:
8 pages
Publication:
2019
Publisher:
BBC Digital Audio
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
ISBN13:
kindle Asin:

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