The Great Jowett

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The Great Jowett was a BBC radio play written by Graham Greene. [1] First broadcast on Saturday 6 May 1939, it was produced and narrated by Stephen Potter. [2] The play chronicles the life of an Oxford don, Benjamin Jowett during the 19th century and his struggles to be a Master for a college whilst translating Plato. [3]

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  1. Greene, Graham (6 December 1981). "The great Jowett". Bodley Head via National Library of Australia (new catalog).
  2. "BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 6 December 2021.
  3. Greene, Graham (1985). The Collected Plays of Graham Greene. Penguin. p. 330.