Audio: Playwrights
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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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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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Interview: Sean Holmes talks about Saved
11th November 2011
INTERVIEW: SEAN HOLMES The artistic director of the Lyric Hammersmith discusses in detail, with Aleks Sierz, his revival of Edward Bond's landmark 196...
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