Restoration and Augustan 1660-1745

Name: Restoration and Augustan 1660-1745
Released: 1984-06-20
Duration: 400 min
Cast: Nicholas Gecks, Julian Glover, Ian Richardson

S1 E8 June 20, 1984 6h 40m

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Overview

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'.

Guest Stars

Nicholas Gecks

Self - Reader

Julian Glover

Self - Reader

Ian Richardson

Self - Reader

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