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How to Survive the Roman Empire, by Pliny and Me: The Complete Series 1-3
- The BBC Radio 4 Comedy Drama
- Narrated by: Joanna Scanlan, Kieran Hodgson, full cast, Mia Soteriou, Matthew Gravelle, Nigel Barrett, Ewan Bailey
- Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins
- Radio/TV Program
- Categories: Literature & Fiction
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Publisher's Summary
Kieran Hodgson stars as Pliny the Younger in Hattie Naylor’s engaging drama charting the fortunes of a household in Ancient Rome.
The Emperor Domitian has informers everywhere; no-one is safe. He rules Rome with a rod of iron, and he is dangerously unstable and paranoid. In the snake pit of Imperial Rome, all Pliny the Younger wants to do is get his letters ready for publication.
Except if he, his mother Marcella, their Greek cook Doris (who narrowly missed out on becoming the next Oracle at Delphi), and Venta, their slave with secretarial skills, have any chance of surveying, they are going to have to negotiate a political minefield, keep their eyes peeled for spies and, most of all, not do anything to annoy the Emperor.
Easier said than done.
Cast and credits
Pliny the Younger………………..Kieran Hodgson
Venta………………………………..Nigel Barrett
Marcella……………………………Joanna Scanlan
Doris the Cook…………………Mia Soteriou
Regulus……………………….Matthew Gravelle
Lucipor…………………………Ewan Bailey
Produced by and directed for radio by Kate McAll
Written by Hattie Naylor
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- L W C
- 2019-02-03
Highly entertaining use of Pliny the Younger
This story, drawn around the letters of Pliny the younger, is fun, interesting and a good use of Pliny's cultural context. The performance of all characters is superior in quality. Even the music is good.
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- Ang
- 2019-04-30
great story line
this story had so much humor the narrator's were fantastic it's hard to choose my most favorite moment there were so many
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- A. Hoeft
- 2021-08-29
A good way to pass time
The story told by the slave as narrator. It is captivating series of stories. I won't spoil the story but I do suggest you listen to it.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2021-05-07
Entertaining Lindsey Davis wannabe
This as an enjoyable three hours requiring little mental or emotional involvement. Lindsey Davis does it better and with more depth, but sure, why not? There’s always room for one more.
