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. First broadcast on Saturday 6 May 1939, it was produced and narrated by Stephen Potter. The play chronicles the life of an
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Benjamin Jowett Benjamin Jowett (, modern variant ; 15 April 1817 – 1 October 1893) was an English tutor and administrative reformer in the University of Oxford, a theologian, an Anglican cleric, and a translator of Plato and Thucydides. He was Master of B ...
during the 19th century and his struggles to be a Master for a college whilst translating
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Characters

* Commentator * Mr Griggs - Oxford Guide * Mr Foster - head porter of Balliol * Benjamin Jowett * Matthew Knight - his servant * Arthur Stanley * Green, Peel, Ross and Smith - fellows of Balliol * The Vice Chancellor * Paine and Plumer - Undergraduates * Algernon Swinburne * Dr Scott - Master of Balliol * Mrs Sparks - a Landlady * Archbishop of Canterbury * Matthew Arnold * Miss Knight - Jowett's housekeeper


References

1939 plays British radio dramas Plays by Graham Greene {{1930s-play-stub