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A Body of Literature: 1: What was wrong with King Lear

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

A new four-part series examining some of fiction's best-known characters and attempting a new literary diagnosis of their conditions.

Alzheimer's? Old age? Or did power send him mad? Professor Colin Blakemore, Francis Wheen and Dr Susan Bruce join Susan Jeffreys to consider one of Shakespeare's great tragic heroes. With actor Brian Cox, author Linda Grant and Dr Graham Easton.

Programme of the Week: page 117

Contributors

Presenter:
Susan Jeffreys
Guest:
Professor Colin Blakemore
Guest:
Francis Wheen
Guest:
Dr Susan Bruce
Guest:
Brian Cox
Guest:
Linda Grant
Guest:
Dr Graham Easton
Producer:
Francesca Plowright
Source: Radio Times

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