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- Urban Scrawl: Ickenham, by Chips Hardy. Cast: Alex Scott (Dr Wallace); David Zoob (Burton). Directed by Gene David Kirk. Studio production: Tom Cassidy, Joshua Richardson. Recorded at Rose Bruford College.
“Where are the victors? Where if not out there somewhere in hiding, waiting to see what fresh onslaught Darwinism has prepared for them.”
- Recording Date: 01-Jan-2009
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- Interview: Adam Garcia. Philip Fisher catches up with the Australian Saturday Night Fever heartthrob in Paris, where he is starring in director Jude Kelly's 2005 ENO revival of Leonard Bernstein's On the Town (Theatre du Chatelet).
“It was the first musical that the ENO was performing and so there was the hype and the controversy that came with that.”
- Recording Date: 27-Dec-2008
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- West End Review (1/2) Ralph Fiennes in Oedipus (National), TS Eliot's The Family Reunion (Donmar Warehouse) & Tracy Letts' August: Osage County (National) discussed by David Benedict (Variety), Charles Spencer (Daily Telegraph) & Matt Wolf (International Herald Tribune). Mark Shenton (Sunday Express) hosts.
“August: Osage County is a fantastically assured, confident pastiche but with actors from the Steppenwolf company who make you believe every moment of it.”
- Recording Date: 05-Dec-2008
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- West End Review (2/2) Mark Shenton and guests David Benedict, Charles Spencer and Matt Wolf consider Neil LaBute's In a Dark Dark House (Almeida), David Hare's Gethsemane (National) & Sondheim's A Little Night Music, revived by Trevor Nunn at the Menier Chocolate Factory.
“Gethsemane doesn't really know what it's about... It's hardly the great state-of-the-nation play it probably thinks it is.”
- Recording Date: 05-Dec-2008
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- Interview: Tracy Letts. The American writer and actor talks to Philip Fisher about the inspiration behind his multi-award-winning Broadway hit, August: Osage County, now at the National, and his career in the theatre.
“We became aware that we’ve tapped into a need on the audience’s part and when you do that it’s very gratifying.”
- Recording Date: 28-Nov-2008
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- Interview: Samuel West. Heather Neill talks to the actor and director about his career, his passion for verse drama and his approach to playing the part of Harry in The Family Reunion, the centrepiece of the Donmar Warehouse's current TS Eliot festival.
“What is fascinating and difficult for a non-believer is to trust the idea of redemption that lies behind this play - because that's what Eliot adds to the Greek story.”
- Recording Date: 11-Nov-2008
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- REPUTATIONS: HAROLD PINTER (1/3) At the end of his birthday week, a day after he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, Pinter's work is critically assessed by Michael Billington, Dan Rebellato, Charles Spencer and Ian Smith. Aleks Sierz hosts. Recorded live.
“Pinter's later work tends to get one metropolitan performance, then fall into a limbo, a no-man's land.”
- Recording Date: 14-Oct-2005
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- REPUTATIONS: HAROLD PINTER (2/3) Michael Billington, Dan Rebellato, Charles Spencer and Ian Smith continue to discuss the playwright's achievements. Aleks Sierz hosts. Recorded live.
“I have to say that most of the literary theoretical stuff written about Harold is rubbish.”
- Recording Date: 14-Oct-2005
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- REPUTATIONS: HAROLD PINTER (3/3) Michael Billington, Dan Rebellato, Ian Smith and Charles Spencer conclude their discussion. Q&A. Aleks Sierz hosts. Recorded live. Sound quality: variable.
“I do think that to say that Pinter is the greatest playwright since Shakespeare is excessive.”
- Recording Date: 14-Oct-2005
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