Mark Steel information
A stand-up comedian since the early 1980s, Mark's other career as a journalist and political satirist has produced two books - Reasons to Be Cheerful and It’s Not A Runner Bean... (Dispatches from a Slightly Successful Comedian) as well as several Radio 4 series, including The Mark Steel Solution and The Mark Steel Revolution.
Mark is joined on stage for the first three lectures by Martin Hyder and Mel Hudson (of Hudson and Pepperdine fame) and for the final three by Martin and writer/actress Debbie Isitt, whose play, The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband, has just opened in the West End.
The previous series of Mark's lectures - featuring Karl Marx, Leonardo da Vinci & Aristotle - will be available on CD/cassette from 21st October. Further releases are scheduled for next spring.
For the first programme in the series Mark investigates the life of the German composer, Ludwig van Beethoven, covering such meaty subjects as his complicated relationship with that other continental titan, Napoleon Bonaparte.
For the second programme in the series Mark follows the adventures of the charismatic general, Hannibal, as he travels from Carthage via the Alps to invade Rome with 37 elephants in tow:
"By this stage, the rest of the army must have been feeling the way you would if you went interrailing around Europe witrh a mate who insisted on taking their double bass..." 2/18/03
For the third programme in the series Mark revisists the life of the great scientist, Sir Isaac Newton, as he picks fights with famous mathematicians, gets hit on the head by falling fruit and changes mankind's view of the world. 2/11/03
For the third programme in the series Mark revisists the life of the writer, Mary Shelley, born to illustrious parents and giving birth in due course herself to a monster. 9/9/03
Mark revisists the life of the legendary sportsman who floated like a butterfly, stung like a bee and talked a great fight. 2/25/04
For the final programme in the series Mark revisists the life of the conqueror of all Europe (except Britain) and examines his strange love life and fondness for a little red genie. 3/4/04
Mark is joined on stage for the first three lectures by Martin Hyder and Mel Hudson (of Hudson and Pepperdine fame) and for the final three by Martin and writer/actress Debbie Isitt, whose play, The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband, has just opened in the West End.
The previous series of Mark's lectures - featuring Karl Marx, Leonardo da Vinci & Aristotle - will be available on CD/cassette from 21st October. Further releases are scheduled for next spring.
For the first programme in the series Mark investigates the life of the German composer, Ludwig van Beethoven, covering such meaty subjects as his complicated relationship with that other continental titan, Napoleon Bonaparte.
For the second programme in the series Mark follows the adventures of the charismatic general, Hannibal, as he travels from Carthage via the Alps to invade Rome with 37 elephants in tow:
"By this stage, the rest of the army must have been feeling the way you would if you went interrailing around Europe witrh a mate who insisted on taking their double bass..." 2/18/03
For the third programme in the series Mark revisists the life of the great scientist, Sir Isaac Newton, as he picks fights with famous mathematicians, gets hit on the head by falling fruit and changes mankind's view of the world. 2/11/03
For the third programme in the series Mark revisists the life of the writer, Mary Shelley, born to illustrious parents and giving birth in due course herself to a monster. 9/9/03
Mark revisists the life of the legendary sportsman who floated like a butterfly, stung like a bee and talked a great fight. 2/25/04
For the final programme in the series Mark revisists the life of the conqueror of all Europe (except Britain) and examines his strange love life and fondness for a little red genie. 3/4/04
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