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First Lines

Series analysing the opening scenes of classic dramas

World Service,5 episodes

Episodes

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Mricchakatika (The Little Clay Cart)
Analysing the themes of love, poverty and fighting oppression in 'Mricchakatika'
13 mins15 May 2001
The Cherry Orchard
Analysing the first scene in Anton Chekhov's play 'The Cherry Orchard'.
13 mins16 May 2001
The Iceman Cometh
Deconstructing the play written by Eugene O'Neill in 1939
13 mins01 Jun 2001
The Island
Analysing 'The Island', a play set in Robben Island during South Africa's apartheid era
13 mins11 Jun 2001
Mother Courage and Her Children
Discussing one of Bertolt Brecht's most celebrated plays
13 mins14 Oct 2002