‘Till one greater Man … regain the blissful seat’

This is to give advance notice of a semi-staged performance of Paradise Regained, in which a strong cast will read a shortened version of Milton’s second epic, enhanced by live music and images from the period. This abridgement concentrates on the verbal duel between the Son of Man and his Adversary (fig. 1, Merrian, c. 1670), in which the complex cut and thrust of the argument has something of the dexterity of Real Tennis (fig. 2). The ‘dramatic poem’ will emerge as a worthy twin of Samson Agonistes (published in the same volume in 1671) rather than a lame sequel to Paradise Lost.

Date: Wednesday 23 November

Time: 7.30 pm

Place: St John’s College (Divinity School Theatre)

Admission free

To reserve a place, click here.

For further information, please email the Director, Professor Boyde (pb127@cam.ac.uk)