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Digital theatre: The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning, livestreamed
Interview: The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning. John McGrath, director of National Theatre Wales, and Tom Beardshaw – multi-platform designer – discuss The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning, a play by Tim Price exploring the case of the US soldier accused of leaking classified US diplomatic cables along with half a million army reports.They focus on the livestreamed production, a new departure for UK theatre. Interview by Ella Parry-Davies.
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Director and writer Lisa Goldman breaks the rules
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 antidote to prescriptive writing guides, and also recalls her site-specific walkabout play, Hoxton Story (2005).
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Shakespeare’s First Acts: Richard III
Shakespeare’s First Acts: Richard III. Tim Carroll discusses the first act of the play, which he is directing at Shakespeare’s Globe this summer, with Mark Rylance as Richard. This interview is part of theatrevoice’s new series for Olympics year 2012, looking at the beginning of each of Shakespeare’s plays. Interview recorded at the Globe on 8 May 2012, by Sophie Reynolds.
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Playwright Ronald Harwood appreciates Donald Wolfit (1/2)
DONALD WOLFIT SPECIAL (1/2) Playwright Sir Ronald Harwood, biographer of legendary actor-manager Sir Donald Wolfit and a former member of his company, discusses the man and his work with Howard Loxton at an event that was part of the Society for Theatre Research’s lecture series.
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Playwright Ronald Harwood appreciates Donald Wolfit (2/2)
DONALD WOLFIT SPECIAL (2/2) Playwright Sir Ronald Harwood, biographer of legendary actor-manager Sir Donald Wolfit and a former member of his company, discusses the man and his work with Howard Loxton at an event that was part of the Society for Theatre Research’s lecture series.
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Star actor Simon Russell Beale on playing Stalin
INTERVIEW: SIMON RUSSELL BEALE To mark the transfer to the National’s Olivier Theatre of John Hodge’s Olivier Award-winning play, Collaborators, about Stalin and Bulgakov, we’re sharing this short six-minute extract of actor Simon Russell Beale reflecting on the challenge of playing the dictator.
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Director Stephen Unwin revisits the South Pole
INTERVIEW: STEPHEN UNWIN The artistic director of the Rose Theatre in Kingston talks to Aleks Sierz about his revival of German playwright Manfred Karge’s The Conquest of the South Pole (Arcola), which he first directed at the Traverse in the 1980s, and about the influence of Bertolt Brecht on the play.
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Globe to Globe season: Hindi Twelfth Night discussed
ASIAN VOICES: TWELFTH NIGHT Suman Bhuchar grabs key members of the Hindi production of Twelfth Night, by Company Theatre, presented at Shakespeare’s Globe as part of its Globe to Globe season. Atul Kumar, the director, and Amitosh Nagpal, the translator as well as a member of the acting ensemble – who plays Sebastian – are also joined by Steven Barfield, from the University of Westminster.
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Director Lucy Bailey on her rejuvenated Uncle Vanya
INTERVIEW: LUCY BAILEY The director talks to Heather Neill about her revival of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, in a new version by Mike Poulton, which has enjoyed such a successful, sell-out season at The Print Room, the Bayswater studio theatre which she co-runs with Anda Winters, that it gets an extended further three-week run in June and July.
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Shakespeare’s First Acts: The Merchant of Venice
Shakespeare’s First Acts: The Merchant of Venice. Glen Walford, Matt Devitt, Stuart Organ, Dominic Gerrard and Josie Taylor discuss the first act of the play, and their current production at the Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch, as part of theatrevoice’s new series, for Olympics year 2012, looking at the beginning of each of Shakespeare’s plays. Interview by Sophie Reynolds.