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Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics: Series 1-4
- A Comical Guide to Ancient Greece and Rome
- Narrado por: Natalie Haynes
- Duración: 7 h y 19 m
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All four series of Natalie Haynes’ BBC Radio 4 show combining comedy with classicism
Writer, broadcaster and recovering comedian Natalie Haynes mixes comedy and conversation to bring the ancient world entertainingly up to date in these four radio series. Each episode sees her profiling a key figure from ancient Greece and Rome, and, aided by her special guests, creating a stand-up show around them.
Series 1 investigates Petronius and the worst dinner party in history; asks whether Sophocles invented the TV detective with Oedipus; explains how Virgil was responsible for Buffy the Vampire Slayer; and introduces us to the notorious Aspasia.
In Series 2, Natalie stands up for Aristophanes (expect a chorus of frogs and a sex strike); Ovid (featuring frottage at the races); Plato (a bit chunky, but a good wrestler) and Agrippina (pretty well connected and handy with the purse strings).
Series 3 discusses Sappho, whose scorching poetry is now mainly lost; brings us some thousand-year-old gossip about Cicero; gives us the lowdown on Lucian, the forgotten inventor of science fiction; and tells the story of Juvenal, history’s first great stand-up comedian.
Finally, Series 4 explores Phryne, the Greek courtesan famed for her wit and beauty; Horace, the Roman poet who made friends of enemies through his writing; Euripides, whose Medea still shocks us today; and Livy, who gave us Hannibal crossing the Alps and the inspiration for Shakespeare’s Coriolanus.
Guests include Martin Rowson, Richard Dyer, Victoria Rimell, Professor Edith Hall, Frank McGuinness, Andrew Collins, Pamela Helen Stephen, Gordon Cutting, Dr Llewelyn Morgan, Sarah B. Pomeroy, Dr Ian Jenkins, Cate Haste, Rosie Wyles, Fiona Laird, Michael Squire, Philippa Perry, Stella Duffy, LiTTLe MACHiNe, Mark Stephens, Matthew Sweet, Armando Iannucci, Katy Brand, Ben Okri, Mark Ravenhill and Al Murray.
Produced by Christine Hall and Mary Ward Lowery
A BBC Studios production
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When Clytemnestra marries Agamemnon, she ignores the insidious whispers about his family line, the House of Atreus. But when, on the eve of the Trojan War, Agamemnon betrays Clytemnestra in the most unimaginable way, she must confront the curse that has long ravaged their family. In Troy, Princess Cassandra has the gift of prophecy, but carries a curse of her own: No one will ever believe what she sees. When she is shown what will happen to her beloved city when Agamemnon and his army arrives, she is powerless to stop the tragedy from unfolding.
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The Fall Of The House Of Atreus
- De Stefan Filipovits en 05-04-22
De: Jennifer Saint
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The Shadow of Perseus
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- De: Claire Heywood
- Narrado por: Olivia Darnley
- Duración: 10 h y 54 m
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Nationally bestselling author of Daughters of Sparta Claire Heywood returns with an imaginative and female-centered reinterpretation of the myth of the great hero Perseus, told through the voices of three women who are sidelined in the traditional version—his mother, Danae; his trophy, Medusa; and his wife, Andromeda—but whose viewpoints reveal a man who is not, in fact, a hero at all.
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disappointed
- De Kindle Customer en 06-13-24
De: Claire Heywood
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Hera
- A Novel
- De: Jennifer Saint
- Narrado por: Naomi Frederick
- Duración: 13 h y 49 m
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When the immortal goddess Hera and her brother Zeus overthrow their tyrannical father, she dreams of ruling at his side. But as they establish their reign on Mount Olympus, Hera begins to see that Zeus is just as ruthless and cruel as the father they betrayed. While Zeus ascends, Hera is relegated to the role of wife and mother, a role she never wanted. She was always born to rule, but must she lose herself in perpetuating this cycle of violence and cruelty? Or can she find a way to forge a better world?
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Jennifer Saint does it again!
- De Meghan E Riley en 08-23-24
De: Jennifer Saint
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The Cemetery of Untold Stories
- De: Julia Alvarez
- Narrado por: Alma Cuervo
- Duración: 8 h y 56 m
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Alma Cruz, the celebrated writer at the heart of The Cemetery of Untold Stories, doesn’t want to end up like her friend, a novelist who fought so long and hard to finish a book that it threatened her sanity. So when Alma inherits a small plot of land in the Dominican Republic, her homeland, she has the beautiful idea of turning it into a place to bury her untold stories—literally. She creates a graveyard for the manuscript drafts and revisions, and the characters whose lives she tried and failed to bring to life and who still haunt her.
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Not good for audiobook
- De Dana en 06-17-24
De: Julia Alvarez
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Medusa's Sisters
- De: Lauren J. A. Bear
- Narrado por: Taylor Harvey, Zura Johnson
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Even before they were transformed into Gorgons, Medusa, Stheno, and Euryale were unique among their immortal family. Curious about mortals and their lives, Medusa and her sisters entered the human world in search of a place to belong, yet quickly found themselves at the perilous center of a dangerous Olympian rivalry and learned—too late—that a god's love is a violent one.
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If you liked “Circe” read this!
- De Rylee Fincannon en 11-09-23
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Mother Tongue
- The Surprising History of Women's Words
- De: Jenni Nuttall
- Narrado por: Beth Hicks
- Duración: 8 h y 31 m
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Mother Tongue is a historical investigation of feminist language and thought, from the dawn of Old English to the present day. Dr. Jenni Nuttall guides readers through the evolution of words that we have used to describe female bodies, menstruation, women’s sexuality, the consequences of male violence, childbirth, women’s paid and unpaid work, and gender. Along the way, she challenges our modern language’s ability to insightfully articulate women’s shared experiences by examining the long-forgotten words once used in English for female sexual and reproductive organs.
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Outstanding on all counts!
- De Emily Austin en 01-21-24
De: Jenni Nuttall
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics: Series 1-4
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- 02-13-22
Delightful from beginning to end
I intended to read this in small sessions because it was easily divided up, but I listened to it straight through. It was delightful, funny, entertaining, and very informative.
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- Cynthia Ross
- 08-07-19
Overall worth repeated listening
Love the subjects picked and the balanced view of the ‘tricky’ ones (Juvenal, Ovid).
For future performances, it would be nice if the author / performer slowed down just a little in delivery. Also, she has an ‘uplift’ vocal pattern that starts to grate a bit in some episodes.
Overall, the episodes didn’t just entertain and educate me - they also motivated me to delve further into Greek drama. Oh! And it was stonkingly lovely to hear someone who started studying Latin with the same program that I did.
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- Brendan Scherer
- 04-27-21
Delightful
This was such a great and fun way to engage with the classical world. I could’ve listened for hours more. I’m looking forward to future seasons.
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- Trine Arleth
- 04-20-23
Funny and educational
Natalie Haynes is a rare combination of extremely smart and knowledgeable and really funny with great comedic timing.
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- Sandrine
- 10-31-22
Insightful and educative laughter
Delightful, educative, insightful makes you wanna read all those classics at least once! And overall very funny.
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- Drew
- 01-13-23
A great way to learn about the classics
Natalie Haynes is funny and smart and she has accomplished a great thing: making the classics fun again. She and her guests seem like they’re having fun as they teach and joke about these amazing figures from the past that have affected our lives in ways we can’t even imagine. Bravo.
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- kHauser
- 07-03-23
Brillant
Can’t wait to see if more are on the horizon. Watching I Claudius couldn’t hurt as a reference.
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