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Catriona Seth

Series featuring Catriona Seth

  • Les Liaisons dangereuses in 5x5
  • A Writer's War
  • The Zaharoff Lecture
  • In The Footsteps of Marie-Antoinette
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11 In The Footsteps Of Marie-Antoinette - Episode 3 Catriona Seth, Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature at the University Of Oxford, heads for Paris in her pursuit of Marie-Antoinette. Cecile Rives, Catriona Seth, Chantal Thomas 15 Jan 2021
10 In The Footsteps Of Marie-Antoinette - Episode 2 Catriona Seth, visits Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire, built in the 19th century by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild, a great collector of 18th century decorative arts, especially objects associated with Marie-Antoinette. Catriona Seth, Pippa Shirley, Rachel Jacobs, Mia Jackson 15 Jan 2021
9 In the Footsteps of Marie-Antoinette - Episode 1 Catriona Seth, Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature at the University of Oxford, visits the Wallace Collection in London on the trail of objects that once belonged to Marie-Antoinette. Catriona Seth, Helen Jacobsen 15 Jan 2021
8 A Writer's War: 8. From Across the Seas They Came A WRITER'S WAR looks at how those who fought and those at home in Britain, France, Germany and former colonies of the British and French Empires responded to the First World War, the horrors of the trenches and the advent of mechanised violence. Catriona Oliphant, Catriona Seth, Santanu Das, Toby Garfitt 11 Mar 2020
7 Zaharoff Lecture 2017: Penser dans les mots Penser dans les mots. (This lecture is in French.) Tiphaine Samoyault, Catriona Seth 20 Jul 2018
6 Les Liaisons dangereuses in 5x5 - Portrait An introduction to Laclos (1741-1803), author of Les Liaisons dangereuses, the provocative eighteenth-century novel that continues to inspire today. Catriona Seth, Catriona Oliphant 05 Dec 2016
5 Zaharoff Lecture 2016: Ecrire et ne pas écrire Ecrire et ne pas écrire. (This lecture is in French.) Marie Darrieussecq, Catriona Seth 24 Nov 2016
4 Les Liaisons dangereuses in 5x5 - Border Crossings How Laclos’ Les Liaisons dangereuses has been taken up by other cultures. Catriona Seth, Ritchie Robertson, Cláudia Pazos-Alonso 29 Sep 2016
3 Les Liaisons dangereuses in 5x5 - Into C21 A conversation about sequels to and e-book and twitter versions of Laclos' Les Liaisons dangereuses. Catriona Seth, Philippa Stockley, Marc Olivier 29 Sep 2016
2 Les Liaisons dangereuses in 5x5 - From Page to Stage A conversation about about stage and screen adaptations of Les Liaisons dangereuses Catriona Seth, Christopher Hampton 29 Sep 2016
1 Les Liaisons dangereuses in 5x5 - In Performance A reading of Les Liaisons dangereuses (Lettres XLVII & XLVIII) and discussion of the art of deception (in French). Catriona Seth, Philippe Roussin 27 Sep 2016