Audio: New Writing
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Playwright David Eldridge revisits his Essex roots
1st March 2012
INTERVIEW: DAVID ELDRIDGE The playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about his latest hit, In Basildon (Royal Court), a family play which includes a battle o...
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Polymath playwright Philip Ridley discusses his work
17th February 2012
INTERVIEW: PHILIP RIDLEY The playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about the first London revival of his 1991 classic, The Pitchfork Disney (currently at th...
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Award-winning playwright Simon Stephens rewrites Jarry’s King Ubu
7th February 2012
INTERVIEW: SIMON STEPHENS The award-winning playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about his new play, The Trial of Ubu, which is currently at the Hampstead ...
Listen nowin 19th-Century Drama, New Writing, Playwrights, Political Theatre
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Playwright and screenwriter Abi Morgan explores love and death
18th January 2012
INTERVIEW: ABI MORGAN The playwright and writer of the film The Iron Lady talks to Aleks Sierz about Lovesong, her latest collaboration with Scott Gra...
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Award-winning playwright Joe Penhall discusses Haunted Child
13th January 2012
INTERVIEW: JOE PENHALL The playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about his latest Royal Court play, Haunted Child, which is about a man who suddenly walks o...
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Co-authors of the powerful new play Fog speak out
11th January 2012
INTERVIEW: TASH FAIRBANKS and TOBY WHARTON The co-authors of Fog, which is currently playing at the Finborough Theatre, tell Aleks Sierz about their u...
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Playwright Lucinda Coxon on Herding Cats
12th December 2011
INTERVIEW: LUCINDA COXON The playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about her disturbing new play, Herding Cats, which has transferred to the Hampstead Theat...
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Nicholas Wright on Caroline Blackwood and Wallis Simpson
8th November 2011
INTERVIEW: NICHOLAS WRIGHT The playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about his latest work, The Last of the Duchess (Hampstead Theatre), which is based on t...
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Playwright April De Angelis on sex, sense and feminist comedy
2nd November 2011
INTERVIEW: APRIL DE ANGELIS The playwright talks to Carole Woddis about her new play, Jumpy (Royal Court), which is a hilarious comedy about the relat...
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