Audio: Playwrights
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Theatre 503 develops the latest in speedy new writing
3rd March 2012
INTERVIEW: STEVE HARPER, PAUL ROBINSON and KAZIA COLE Theatre 503's Literary Manager, Co-Artistic Director and Literary Assistant talk to Sophie Reyno...
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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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West End Review: more revivals and new plays
18th February 2012
WEST END REVIEW: FEBRUARY 2012 Mark Shenton (Sunday Express) and guests Kate Bassett (Independent on Sunday), Charles Spencer (Daily Telegraph) and Ma...
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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 ...
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Playwright Howard Brenton on a revival of his Bloody Poetry
31st January 2012
INTERVIEW: HOWARD BRENTON The playwright and screen writer talks to Aleks Sierz about Bloody Poetry, his 1984 play about Shelley, Byron and the loves ...
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Playwright Ishy Din and director Iqbal Khan get Snookered
26th January 2012
ASIAN VOICES: ISHY DIN and IQBAL KHAN The playwright and director of Snookered (Oldham Coliseum Theatre/Bush Theatre) talk to Suman Bhuchar about the ...
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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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