Audio: Playwrights
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Writer and director Phil Willmott follows Peter Pan with his musical sequel Lost Boy
14th January 2014
INTERVIEW: PHIL WILLMOTT The writer and director of a new musical, Lost Boy (Finborough), a dark sequel to Peter Pan, talks to Judi Herman about revis...
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Hilary Mantel and Mike Poulton discuss putting Wolf Hall on stage for the RSC
3rd January 2014
INTERVIEW: HILARY MANTEL AND MIKE POULTON The multi-award-winning author of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies joins the experienced theatre adapter to...
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Playwright Howard Brenton on his new political play about Partition: Drawing the Line
27th December 2013
INTERVIEW: HOWARD BRENTON The political playwright talks to Judi Herman about his latest, Drawing the Line (Hampstead), which tells the turbulent stor...
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Mike Poulton talks about his career as an adaptor of neglected classics
17th December 2013
INTERVIEW: MIKE POULTON The playwright responsible for the adaptation of Ivan Turgenev's Fortune's Fool currently impressing the critics at the Old Vi...
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The National Theatre Story: author Daniel Rosenthal’s epic history (1/2)
4th December 2013
INTERVIEW: DANIEL ROSENTHAL (1/2) The author of the critically acclaimed The National Theatre Story, published by Oberon Books, talks to Aleks Sierz a...
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The National Theatre Story: author Daniel Rosenthal’s epic history (2/2)
4th December 2013
INTERVIEW: DANIEL ROSENTHAL (2/2) The author of the critically acclaimed The National Theatre Story, published by Oberon Books, talks to Aleks Sierz a...
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Patrick Marmion talks about his Terms and Conditions
5th November 2013
INTERVIEW: PATRICK MARMION The journalist, critic and lecturer talks to David Cottis, literary associate at the White Bear fringe theatre in Kenningto...
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TheatreVOICE special: full-length programme about Philip Ridley’s The Fastest Clock in the Universe
4th November 2013
THEATREVOICE SPECIAL: THE FASTEST CLOCK IN THE UNIVERSE Special in-depth programme about polymath Philip Ridley's 1992 classic, The Fastest Clock in t...
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Asian Voices: playwright Abhishek Majumdar on The Djinns of Eidgah
2nd November 2013
ASIAN VOICES: ABHISHEK MAJUMDAR The playwright talks to Suman Bhuchar about his new play, The Djinns of Eidgah (Royal Court), a story about the Kashmi...
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