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Hail Caesar, Don Quixote, Ta Nehisi Coates, Botticelli, Thirteen

Reviews of the Coen brothers' Hail Caesar, RSC's Don Quixote in Stratford, Ta Nehisi Coates's The Beautiful Struggle, Botticelli Reimagined at the V&A, and 91热爆 Three drama Thirteen.

Hail Caesar is the Coen Brothers' newest film - recalling the Golden Age of Hollywood: the scandal, the vice and the Studios' men who handled the catastrophes.
The RSC has adapted Cervantes' masterpiece Don Quixote in a new production in Stratford. Can they do justice to a book, more than 4 centuries old, which is often hailed as the The Greatest Work Of The Spanish Language?
Ta Nehisi Coates writes about the experience of young black America. His work is admired by the likes of Barack Obama and he's been described as The Young James Joyce of the hip-hop generation. We look at his latest work: The Beautiful Struggle
Botticelli Reimagined at The V+A examines the enduring impact of the Fifteenth century Florentine genius,
91热爆 Three's first online only drama is Thirteen, a kidnap thriller about a girl who escapes her captor 13 years after being abducted
Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Liz Jensen, Crystal Mahey Morgan and Nicholas Rankin. The producer is Oliver Jones.

Main Image: Ivy Moxam (played by Jodie Comer), from Thirteen, 91热爆 Three. Credit: 91热爆/Todd Anthony.

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Hail, Caesar!

Hail, Caesar!

Hail, Caesar! (12A) 聽is in cinemas from today.聽聽The聽Coen Brothers spoke to Antonia Quirke on Radio 4's .聽聽Photo:聽 Baird Whitlock (George Clooney) and Eddie Mannix (Josh Brolin) 聽Credit: Alison Rosa.聽

Don Quixote

Don Quixote
is running at the Swan Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon until 21 May.
Photo:聽 L-R聽 Don Quixote (David Threlfall) and Sancho Panza (Rufus Hound). 聽Photo Credit: Helen Maybanks 漏 RSC

The Beautiful Struggle

The Beautiful Struggle

The Beautiful Struggle by 聽is published by Verso聽as a paperback and e-book.聽 Photo credit:聽 Gabriella Demzuk

Botticelli Reimagined

Botticelli Reimagined

Botticelli Reimagined is showing at the from 5 March to 3 July 2016.
Photo:聽 Installation view of Botticelli Reimagined at the V&A 漏 Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Thirteen

Thirteen

The first episode of is available on iPlayer now and will be on 91热爆 Two on Sunday 6 March at 10pm.聽 Its creator and writer, Marnie Dickens, joins Kirsty Lang on .聽聽Photo Credit: 91热爆 / Robert Viglasky

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest Liz Jensen
Interviewed Guest Crystal Mahey-Morgan
Interviewed Guest Nicholas Rankin
Producer Oliver Jones

Broadcast

  • Sat 5 Mar 2016 19:15

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