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Suffragette, City on Fire - Garth Risk Hallberg, Wolf in Snakeskin Shoes, Periodic Tales at Compton Verney

Suffragette, which looks at the campaign to allow women to vote; City on Fire by Garth Risk Hallberg; Wolf in Snakeskin Shoes at the Tricycle; and Periodic Tales at Compton Verney.

The film Suffragette looks at the campaign 100 years ago to gain women the right to vote. It was made with an all-star largely-female cast and crew. How broad is the appeal of this historical retelling?
City On Fire by Garth Risk Hallberg has been hyped by the publishers and lauded by many critics. It's a 944-page novel about New York City in the mid 1970s; does it justify the hoopla?
Wolf in Snakeskin Shoes is a modern reworking of Moliere's Tartuffe at London's Tricycle Theatre. Set in a black southern baptist church with a dissembling pastor, do the themes still resonate in the twenty-first century?
'Periodic Tales, The Art of the Elements" is an exhibition at Compton Verney in Warwickshire. It explores the way the elements of the periodic table have inspired and influenced artists over the centuries.

Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Rowan Pelling, Geoffrey Durham and Linda Grant. The producer is Oliver Jones.

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45 minutes

FILM: Suffragette (12)

FILM: Suffragette (12)
On general release from 12 October

BOOK: City on Fire by Garth Risk Hallberg

Published by Jonathan Cape

EXHIBITION: Periodic Table

EXHIBITION: Periodic Table
At until 13 December 2015

Picture credit: John Newling, Mine, 2005 漏 The Artist

THEATRE: A Wolf In Snakeskin Shoes

THEATRE: A Wolf In Snakeskin Shoes
At , London until 14 November 2015

Picture credit: Full Cast of A Wolf In Snakeskin Shoes. Photo by Mark Douet

Main picture credit: Michelle Bonnard (Maxine), Ayesha Antoine (Afreeka Organdy), Lucian Msamati (Toof), Wil Johnson (Organdy), Karl Queensborough (Gumper). Photo by Mark Douet


Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest Rowan Pelling
Interviewed Guest Geoffrey Durham
Interviewed Guest Linda Grant
Producer Oliver Jones

Broadcast

  • Sat 17 Oct 2015 19:15

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