The trouble with Rowse is, pride goes before AND after a fall

Before I get back to work, I'd like to point out to anyone whose interested in Shakespeare, academic bitchiness, research projects going bad, effective depiction of hubris (with added slashy undertones), old fashioned Oxbridge types, or the sublime acting skills of the late Ian Richardson, that today's Afternoon play on BBC Radio 4 was on AL Rowse's writing of his biography of Shakespeare, with Richardson perfect as the arrogant, brilliant, flawed academic, and a strong supporting cast. Should be up on Listen Again from tomorrow (or may indeed be there already. You can never tell with Listen Again)