The Great Jowett was a BBC radio play written by Graham Greene.[1] First broadcast on Saturday 6 May 1939, it was produced and narrated by Stephen Potter.[2] The play chronicles the life of an Oxford don, Benjamin Jowett during the 19th century and his struggles to be a Master for a college whilst translating Plato.[3]

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  1. ^ Greene, Graham (6 December 1981). "The great Jowett". Bodley Head – via National Library of Australia (new catalog).
  2. ^ "BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
  3. ^ Greene, Graham (1985). The Collected Plays of Graham Greene. Penguin. p. 330.


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