INTERVIEW: HOWARD BRENTON The playwright and screen writer talks to Aleks Sierz about Bloody Poetry, his 1984 play about Shelley, Byron and the loves of these Romantic poets, which is currently being revived by Tom Littler at the Jermyn Street Theatre in the West End.
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Nicholas Wright on Caroline Blackwood and Wallis Simpson
INTERVIEW: NICHOLAS WRIGHT The playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about his latest work, The Last of the Duchess (Hampstead Theatre), which is based on the book of the same name by Caroline Blackwood, and tells the fascinating story of the last years of Wallis Simpson, widow of Edward VIII, who abdicated in 1936.
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V&A National Video Archive of Performance
FOCUS ON VIDEO Jill Evans, producer of the V&A’s National Video Archive of Performance, and Kate Dorney, curator of Modern and Contemporary Performance, tell Aleks Sierz about the V&A’s extensive collection of video recordings of theatre performances, and discuss the hazards as well as the joys of creating them.
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Playwright Philip Ridley talks to Aleks Sierz
INTERVIEW: PHILIP RIDLEY The playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about his latest play, Leaves of Glass (Soho), a work which explores family relationships, memories of the past and hidden secrets. He also outlines his career and discusses the political resonances of his plays.
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Award-winning playwright Joe Penhall quizzed (2/2)
INTERVIEW: JOE PENHALL (2/2) The playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about his career as a whole and the divided reactions to his latest piece, Dumb Show, which is about tabloid journalism.
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Award-winning playwright Joe Penhall quizzed (1/2)
INTERVIEW: JOE PENHALL (1/2) As the Sheffield Crucible revives his Blue/Orange (2000), the playwright discusses his controversial hit about mental health and racial identity. Aleks Sierz quizzes.
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Critic John Thaxter on reviewing in his seventies
ON CRITICISM Aged 77 and still reviewing, John Thaxter explains how he combined a high-flying business career with a vocation as a critic. Dominic Cavendish hosts.