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

[tree_and_leaf]

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)

Comments

[harriet-wimsey.livejournal.com]

For BBC7, at least, and I assume it's the same across the board, you don't have to wait for the next day's Listen Again--it's available immediately and for the next week via Listen Live. Very handy!

I may have to check that one out, it sounds interesting.

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

Oh blast. I was going to listen to that. Another reason to get myself a home computer that will do Listen Again.

[tree_and_leaf]

It's highly reccommended, anyway. Ian Richardson was a great actor - and the pay catches a lot about Oxford, both its good sides and its bad.

[tree_and_leaf]

Listen Again is a brilliant thing. Sorry you missed the play, as it was very good = with an additional sadness when Richardson, as Rowse, snapped 'Don't say I look well. Most men of my age who are told they look well are dead within the year.'