Audio: Playwrights
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Arnold Wesker: career overview
18th February 2004
INTERVIEW: ARNOLD WESKER Now 72, the internationally renowned playwright discusses his life, work and current neglect in the UK with Rachel Halliburto...
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Political playwright David Edgar takes a stand
13th February 2004
INTERVIEW: DAVID EDGAR The political playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about his two-play cycle, Continental Divide, which boldly takes the measure of U...
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Review of The Permanent Way
16th January 2004
THE PERMANENT WAY David Hare's state-of-the-railways piece, produced by Out of Joint, is reviewed by David Benedict, Jane Edwardes, Patrick Marmion an...
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American playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis speaks
29th December 2003
NEW YORK SPECIAL Actor, playwright and screenwriter Stephen Adly Guirgis talks to the British Theatre Guide's Philip Fisher in a Hell's Kitchen diner.
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Maverick Steven Berkoff on his Messiah
26th November 2003
INTERVIEW: STEVEN BERKOFF The maverick playwright talks to Rachel Halliburton about his controversial Messiah, the critics he reviles and what he'd do...
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Justifying War: verdict of the critics
7th November 2003
JUSTIFYING WAR The verdict on the Tricycle's recreation of the Hutton Inquiry. Host Rachel Halliburton quizzes Dominic Cavendish, Jane Edwardes and C...
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Producer Sonia Friedman hits back
17th October 2003
RIGHT TO REPLY: SONIA FRIEDMAN The producer for the Ambassador Theatre Group, responds to criticisms in a discussion on the current state of the West ...
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Is the West End in a state of crisis?
11th October 2003
DEBATE: IS THE WEST END IN A STATE OF CRISIS? Charles Spencer joins Mark Shenton and David Benedict to assess theatreland's current health. Dominic Ca...
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Review of Blood
3rd October 2003
BLOOD Patrick Marmion and David Benedict clash over the merits or otherwise of the controversial play, Blood, by Lars Noren at the Royal Court.
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