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Tom Sutcliffe

Josie Rourke

Lawrence Freedman

David Runciman

Dominic Lawson

Katy Hickman

Start the Week: Josie Rourke on strategy and Coriolanus

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16/12/2013

Josie Rourke on strategy and Coriolanus

BBC Radio 4 - Start the Week, Josie Rourke on strategy and Coriolanus

Tom Sutcliffe with Josie Rourke, Dominic Lawson, David Runciman and Lawrence Freedman.

Tom Sutcliffe discusses the art of strategy with the theatre director Josie Rourke, academics Lawrence Freedman and David Runciman, and chess enthusiast Dominic Lawson.

On Start the Week Tom Sutcliffe talks to Josie Rourke about her production of Coriolanus, the story of the war hero destroyed by his own pride and the forces of realpolitik. His battle strategy fails on the streets of Rome as the masses get their first taste of democracy. David Runciman asks whether democracy breeds complacency rather than wisdom or reform, and in his study of Strategy, Lawrence Freedman asks why great military strategists often make such poor political leaders. Dominic Lawson tries to keep his moves hidden, as he enthuses about the world of chess.

Producer: Katy Hickman.

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