Description: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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Natalie Haynes Stands Up For the Classics: A Comical Guide to Ancient Greece and Rome, Series 1-4. To get started finding Natalie Haynes Stands Up For the Classics: A Comical Guide to Ancient Greece and Rome, Series 1-4, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
8
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
BBC Digital Audio
Release
2019
ISBN
Natalie Haynes Stands Up For the Classics: A Comical Guide to Ancient Greece and Rome, Series 1-4
Description: 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Natalie Haynes Stands Up For the Classics: A Comical Guide to Ancient Greece and Rome, Series 1-4. To get started finding Natalie Haynes Stands Up For the Classics: A Comical Guide to Ancient Greece and Rome, Series 1-4, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.