Plot: An overview of the great age of satire: among the works featured are Rochester's 'A Satire Against Reason and Mankind', Dryden's 'Absalom and Achitophel' and the mock-heroic 'MacFlecknoe', and Pope's masterpiece of mordant wit, 'The Dunciad'.
Cast
John GielgudSelf - PresenterJohn Gielgud was 80 in Six Centuries Of Verse - Season 1 - Restoration and Augustan 1660-1745 (Episode 8).
Birthday: Thu, Apr 14 1904
Sun, May 21 2000
Sun, May 21 2000
Nicholas GecksSelf - ReaderNicholas Gecks was 32 in Six Centuries Of Verse - Season 1 - Restoration and Augustan 1660-1745 (Episode 8).
Birthday: Wed, Jan 09 1952
Julian GloverSelf - ReaderJulian Glover was 49 in Six Centuries Of Verse - Season 1 - Restoration and Augustan 1660-1745 (Episode 8).
Birthday: Wed, Mar 27 1935
Ian RichardsonSelf - ReaderIan Richardson was 50 in Six Centuries Of Verse - Season 1 - Restoration and Augustan 1660-1745 (Episode 8).
Birthday: Sat, Apr 07 1934
Fri, Feb 09 2007
Fri, Feb 09 2007