The Archive
Recordings from August 2004
Total Number of Recordings from this month: 10
- SONDHEIM DOUBLE (2/2) Sweeney Todd: as chopped about by John Doyle, gets dissected by Rhoda Koenig, John Nathan and Mark Shenton. David Benedict stops the blood flow.
“I think that if you came new to this show, you'd have great trouble following this production.”
- Play: Sweeney Todd
- Theatre: Trafalgar Studios
- Recording Date: 06-Aug-2004
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- SONDHEIM DOUBLE (1/2) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Rhoda Koenig, John Nathan and Mark Shenton beg to disagree. David Benedict umpires.
“Ever since he lost a lot of weight, Desmond Barrit has really not been at all funny.”
- Play: A Funny Thing Happened...
- Theatre: National Theatre, Olivier
- Recording Date: 06-Aug-2004
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- EDINBURGH 2004: THE FATBOY DIARIES (1/4). John Clancy, author of punchy US comedy Fatboy, fills Philip Fisher in on the show's genesis and starts a production diary.
“Miscommunication! The technical crew didn't know we had a set to be built!.. I went out of my mind..”
- Play: Fatboy
- Theatre: Assembly Rooms
- Recording Date: 11-Aug-2004
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- EDINBURGH 2004 Philip Howard, artistic director of the Traverse, talks to Philip Fisher about Scotland's new writing powerhouse.
“I think that some of the London critics view Scottish writers as being a load of hairy-arsed barbarians.”
- Recording Date: 12-Aug-2004
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- INTERVIEW: FRANK McGUINNESS The Irish playwright talks about his adaptation of Euripides' Hecuba - the successor to his acclaimed rendition of Electra. Dominic Cavendish quizzes.
“Euripides takes the ground from under our feet by showing what this grieving mother is capable of.”
- Play: Hecuba
- Theatre: Donmar Warehouse
- Recording Date: 13-Aug-2004
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- EDINBURGH 2004: THE FATBOY DIARIES (2/4) Playwright and director John Clancy ends the first full week on an upbeat note.
“We heard that we were going to be honoured with a Scotsman Fringe First.. I was stunned.”
- Play: Fatboy
- Theatre: Assembly Rooms
- Recording Date: 14-Aug-2004
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- EDINBURGH 2004 Philip Fisher talks to playwright David Greig about his relationship with the Festival and new play about life in Ramallah, When the Bulbul Stopped Singing.
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“It's about the way the Palestinians are represented - whether it's by Arab TV, Israel or the West.”
- Play: When the Bulbul Stopped Singing
- Theatre: Traverse Theatre
- Recording Date: 17-Aug-2004
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- EDINBURGH 2004: THE FATBOY DIARIES (3/4) John Clancy's stay in Edinburgh with the cast of Fatboy is briefly interrupted.
“I flew back to where I grew up - I haven't lived there for 20 years. We buried my grandfather...”
- Play: Fatboy
- Theatre: Assembly Rooms
- Recording Date: 21-Aug-2004
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- EDINBURGH 2004: THE FATBOY DIARIES (4/4) The end of the Fringe and three members of the Fatboy team - John Clancy, Matt Oberg and Nancy Walsh - bid a fond farewell. Dominic Cavendish reports.
“As we sit here, at 8.48pm on Monday 30th August, there's no signed deal...”
- Play: Fatboy
- Theatre: Assembly Rooms
- Recording Date: 30-Aug-2004
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