Audio: Playwrights
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Edinburgh 2010: extraordinary David Leddy and Sub Rosa
24th August 2010
EDINBURGH 2010 Writer and director David Leddy, of Fire Exit Ltd, talks to Matt Boothman about his critically acclaimed show, Sub Rosa (Hill Street Th...
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Edinburgh 2010: Freefall at the Traverse
18th August 2010
EDINBURGH 2010 Irish playwright Michael West discusses collaborative creation in the context of his Freefall (Traverse), a hit about the uncertainties...
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Mike Bartlett on Earthquakes in London
19th July 2010
INTERVIEW: MIKE BARTLETT A series of extracts from a conversation with Dominic Cavendish about Earthquakes in London (Headlong), the playwright's debu...
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NF Simpson special: rare interview with the playwright
6th July 2010
INTERVIEW: NF SIMPSON Extracts from a conversation with Dominic Cavendish at Simpson's home in Cornwall in which the 91-year-old 'absurdist' playwrigh...
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Howard Brenton on Anne Boleyn, and more
28th June 2010
INTERVIEW: HOWARD BRENTON The playwright talks to Carole Woddis about his three current productions: his new play, Anne Boleyn (Shakespeare's Globe), ...
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Playwright Alia Bano on Hens and Shades
17th June 2010
ASIAN VOICES: ALIA BANO The playwright talks to Suman Bhuchar about her latest play, Hens, which has had a short run at the Riverside Studios before b...
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Career overview: playwright Dennis Kelly
6th June 2010
NEW WRITING: DENNIS KELLY The playwright gives a career overview to Aleks Sierz, talking about his plays, Debris (2003), Osama the Hero (2005), After ...
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Nick Grosso talks about Ingredient X
29th May 2010
INTERVIEW: NICK GROSSO The playwright talks to Philip Fisher about Ingredient X (Royal Court), his new play about the nature of addiction, and also a...
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The novelist Jim Crace reflects on Far Away
28th May 2010
FOCUS ON FAR AWAY Debates are part of the nightly format for Simon Godwin's revival of Caryl Churchill's Far Away (2000) at the Bristol Old Vic. Here ...
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