BBC 3: Free Thinking – Women Warriors and Power Brokers

Shobana talks to Shahidha Bari on BBC Radio 3 about Clorinda Agonistes having taken the heroine who fights Tancredi the crusading knight and reframed the story set to the music composed by Monteverdi’s Il Combattimento to discuss the idea about women as warriors and power brokers.

Listen on BBC Website (opens in a new tab).
Time stamp: 26:20

Originally broadcast on 12 July 2022

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