Audio: 1950s Drama
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John Osborne: the lost plays rediscovered
21st May 2009
OSBORNE SPECIAL Jamie Andrews, Head of Modern Literary Manuscripts at the British Library, tells Aleks Sierz about his discovery of two 1950s plays by...
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Samuel West talks about TS Eliot
11th November 2008
INTERVIEW: SAMUEL WEST Heather Neill talks to the actor and director about his career, his passion for verse drama and his approach to playing the par...
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Peter Nichols discusses Privates on Parade
13th October 2008
INTERVIEW: PETER NICHOLS The veteran playwright, now 81, chats to Dominic Cavendish about the autobiographical basis for Privates on Parade, revived b...
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British Library exhibition: British Theatre 1945-1968 (2/2)
29th September 2008
GOLDEN GENERATION SPECIAL (2/2) The British Library's Jamie Andrews, Head of Modern Literary Manuscripts, and co-curator Alec Patton continue their di...
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British Library exhibition: British Theatre 1945-1968 (1/2)
29th September 2008
GOLDEN GENERATION SPECIAL (1/2) The British Library's Jamie Andrews, Head of Modern Literary Manuscripts, and co-curator Alec Patton discuss their cur...
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Peter Nichols at the British Library (2/2)
9th September 2008
PETER NICHOLS SPECIAL (2/2) Q&A. The playwright answers questions from the audience at the British Library conference, The Golden Generation? New ...
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Peter Nichols at the British Library (1/2)
9th September 2008
PETER NICHOLS SPECIAL (1/2) The playwright interviewed by Jamie Andrews and Alec Patton at the British Library conference, The Golden Generation? New ...
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Director David Farr on Pinter’s The Birthday Party
21st May 2008
INTERVIEW: DAVID FARR The artistic director of the Lyric, Hammersmith, talks to Dominic Cavendish about his staging of the fiftieth anniversary produc...
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Interview: Peter Gill (2/2)
23rd April 2008
INTERVIEW: PETER GILL (2/2) The veteran director and playwright speaks some more to Aleks Sierz about his own production of his 1976 play, Small Chang...
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