Melvyn Bragg
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1,061 appearances
8 recordings
1 series
first heard Aug 2026
last heard 3d ago
Melvyn Bragg’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Do they resent her?
Do they bring her on?
What's their view?
Is there a view, is there known to be a collective view that they have of this woman being very successful or getting a lot of plays on anyway?
As I understand it, by this time she's been married, but the marriage didn't last very long.
How is she living?
Is she living in a little lodging in Cheapside?
Where is she?
So I understand that her first notable success was a play called The Rover, 1677.
Why was that a success, do you think?
It was quite bold because actresses were thought to be prostitutes by some people at that time.
So by putting someone like that on the stage, she was smacking them in the face with it, wasn't she?
In what ways was the robe a typical of Ben's ideas?
I've read a lot from the three of you about Ben's ideas of masculine, feminine, libertine, women come in libertines and so on.
Could you develop that a bit?
Did you say in some way legitimize the female libertine?
I think a female libertine... She came quite near it, as I understand.
But she did want women to be seen as more independent and more liberated than they had been seen until then, as I understand it.
What do you say?
What plays did marriage play in that scheme of things?
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