Audio: 1970s Drama
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Giving Voice to the Nation: the archives of the Arts Council of Great Britain now open
20th November 2013
INTERVIEW: JOHN BULL, GRAHAM SAUNDERS and KATE DORNEY Three leading lights of Giving Voice to the Nation, a five-year research project into the archiv...
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Unfinished Histories: Susan Croft introduces Re-Staging Revolutions
14th November 2013
INTERVIEW: SUSAN CROFT The writer and historian talks to Aleks Sierz about Re-Staging Revolutions, an exhibition — with talks and other events — a...
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Angus Jackson directs Edward Bond’s flinty study of the bard
10th March 2012
INTERVIEW: ANGUS JACKSON The director talks to Aleks Sierz about his sellout revival of Edward Bond's Bingo: Scenes of Money and Death (1973), which i...
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Royal Court roundtable tribute to Ken Campbell
8th April 2011
KEN CAMPBELL: ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION Royal Court roundtable in honour of Ken Campbell (1941-2008): his daughter Daisy Campbell joins the ventriloquist-...
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Roundtable discussion of Gotcha by Barrie Keeffe
10th March 2011
FOCUS ON GOTCHA Post-show discussion about enduring lessons to be learned from Barrie Keeffe's school rebellion drama of 1976, Gotcha, in which an agg...
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Director Polly Findlay explores Caryl Churchill
23rd July 2010
INTERVIEW: POLLY FINDLAY The director talks to Carole Woddis about her current revival of Caryl Churchill's Light Shining in Buckinghamshire (Arcola),...
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Alternative theatre special: Mike Bradwell (2/2)
13th July 2010
INTERVIEW: MIKE BRADWELL (2/2) The director talks to Aleks Sierz about his new book, The Reluctant Escapologist: Adventures in Alternative Theatre (Ni...
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Alternative theatre special: Mike Bradwell (1/2)
13th July 2010
INTERVIEW: MIKE BRADWELL (1/2) The director talks to Aleks Sierz about his new book, The Reluctant Escapologist: Adventures in Alternative Theatre (Ni...
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Trevor Griffiths on Comedians
3rd October 2009
INTERVIEW: TREVOR GRIFFITHS (2/2) The political playwright tells Aleks Sierz about the revival of his 1975 play, Comedians (currently at the Lyric, Ha...
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