The Archive
Recordings from June 2004
Total Number of Recordings from this month: 9
- LIFT ENQUIRY 2004 The writer and broadcaster Shyama Perera responds to the question posed by the London International Festival of Theatre: 'What is theatre to you?'
“I grew up with no expectation that drama had relevance beyond spectacle.”
- Recording Date: 01-Jun-2004
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- TONY AWARDS 2004 Matt Wolf, London critic for Variety and Mark Shenton of the Sumday Express deliver their verdicts on this year's Tonys to David Benedict.
“What's astonishing is that the Tonys are a big deal... it really is getting more and more like the Oscars.”
- Recording Date: 11-Jun-2004
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- SHINING CITY Kate Bassett, David Benedict and Heather Neill enthuse about the latest from Conor The Weir McPherson at the Royal Court. Patrick Marmion hosts.
“You were realising how funny the banal is and how close the banal is to being absolutely miserable.”
- Play: Shining City
- Theatre: Royal Court Downstairs
- Recording Date: 11-Jun-2004
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- MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING There's little to cheer and much to irk Kate Bassett, David Benedict and Carole Woddis in the all-female revival at Shakespeare's Globe. Heather Neill hosts.
“Josie Lawrence was amazingly awful - I wouldn't have given her the part in a school production.”
- Play: Much Ado About Nothing
- Theatre: Shakespeare's Globe
- Recording Date: 11-Jun-2004
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- THE FALSE SERVANT Kate Bassett, Heather Neill and Carole Woddis savour Marivaux's cruel, cross-dressing comedy at the National. David Benedict hosts.
“What I liked about Charlotte Rampling was that she had this rather assertive, masculine manner.”
- Play: The False Servant
- Theatre: National Theatre, Cottesloe
- Recording Date: 18-Jun-2004
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- IPHIGENIA AT AULIS Euripides - as directed by Katie Mitchell. David Benedict, Heather Neill and Charles Spencer pass judgment. Kate Bassett hosts. Recorded live.
“It could be anything between the 30s, 40s and 50s... either do it timelessly or set it now.”
- Play: Iphigenia at Aulis
- Theatre: National Theatre, Lyttelton
- Recording Date: 25-Jun-2004
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- INTERVIEW: PAULETTE RANDALL The artistic director of Talawa Theatre Company talks to David Benedict about her current revival of James Baldwin's play, Blues for Mr Charlie. Recorded live.
“Young black men are still being murdered, whether it's here or in America - racism is still a big issue.”
- Play: Blues for Mr Charlie
- Theatre: Tricycle Theatre
- Recording Date: 25-Jun-2004
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- DEBATE: DOES THE FRINGE MATTER? (2/2) Q&A: Plus contributions from Southwark Playhouse, King's Head and Pentameters theatres. Dominic Cavendish hosts.
“I think the Arts Council - about 20 years ago - decided they weren't going to fund small venues.”
- Recording Date: 25-Jun-2004
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- DEBATE: DOES THE FRINGE MATTER? (1/2) Mehmet Ergen (Arcola), Lyn Gardner (Guardian), Lisa Goldman (Red Room) and Paul Higgins (Latchmere) discuss. Dominic Cavendish hosts.
“There is a new generation of people out there who are absolutely choosing to work on the fringe.”
- Recording Date: 25-Jun-2004
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