Audio: Playwrights
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Three British-Nigerian playwrights discuss their latest work
22nd May 2012
BLACK VOICES: BOLA AGBAJE, JANICE OKOH and ADE SOLANKE Three British-Nigerian playwrights talk to Aleks Sierz about their latest plays — Belong (Roy...
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Director and writer Lisa Goldman breaks the rules
12th May 2012
INTERVIEW: LISA GOLDMAN The director and writer talks to Aleks Sierz about her new book, The No Rules Handbook for Writers (Oberon), which is an antid...
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Playwright Ronald Harwood appreciates Donald Wolfit (1/2)
8th May 2012
DONALD WOLFIT SPECIAL (1/2) Playwright Sir Ronald Harwood, biographer of legendary actor-manager Sir Donald Wolfit and a former member of his company,...
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Playwright Ronald Harwood appreciates Donald Wolfit (2/2)
8th May 2012
DONALD WOLFIT SPECIAL (2/2) Playwright Sir Ronald Harwood, biographer of legendary actor-manager Sir Donald Wolfit and a former member of his company,...
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Director Stephen Unwin revisits the South Pole
2nd May 2012
INTERVIEW: STEPHEN UNWIN The artistic director of the Rose Theatre in Kingston talks to Aleks Sierz about his revival of German playwright Manfred Kar...
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The Young Vic’s David Lan on staging Wild Swans
20th April 2012
INTERVIEW: DAVID LAN The artistic director of the Young Vic talks to Mary Mazzilli about the making of Wild Swans, the first stage adaptation of the 1...
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Director Alexander Zeldin on Koltès’s Black Battles with Dogs
17th April 2012
INTERVIEW: ALEXANDER ZELDIN The director talks to Aleks Sierz about his excellent new production of Bernard-Marie Koltès's 1979 play, Black Battles w...
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New Bush supremo Madani Younis — his debut season
12th April 2012
INTERVIEW: MADANI YOUNIS On the eve of the opening of his inaugural production of Lee Mattinson's Chalet Lines at the Bush Theatre, the venue's new Ar...
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David Edgar’s masterpiece, Pentecost, revived
28th March 2012
INTERVIEW: DAVID EDGAR The playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about his 1994 RSC play, Pentecost, a panoramic sweep through European history, culture and...
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