Recorder set for a fascinating double bill, BBC 4, tonight, 16 Nov:
21.00-22.00hrs: Ovid: the Poet and the Emperor
22.00-23.00hrs: Ovid from the RSC: the World's Greatest Storyteller:
Cast includes Simon Russell Beale and Fiona Shaw in dramatic monologues
from Roman poet Ovid's Metamorphoses. The performances are interspersed
with discussions chaired by RSC artistic director Gregory Doran.
Repeat performances at 01.45am and 02.45am.
21.00-22.00hrs: Ovid: the Poet and the Emperor
22.00-23.00hrs: Ovid from the RSC: the World's Greatest Storyteller:
Cast includes Simon Russell Beale and Fiona Shaw in dramatic monologues
from Roman poet Ovid's Metamorphoses. The performances are interspersed
with discussions chaired by RSC artistic director Gregory Doran.
Repeat performances at 01.45am and 02.45am.
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