Love and Friendship, Cornelia Parker - Found, Midsummer Night's Dream, Simon Armitage, The Threepenny Opera
Featuring Whit Stillman's Jane Austen adaptation, Cornelia Parker's exhibition of found objects, Midsummer Night's Dream on 91热爆 TV, Simon Armitage's Pearl and The Threepenny Opera.
Whit Stillman takes on an early Jane Austen epistolary novella, Love and Friendship; a film full of wicked women and gullible men
Cornelia Parker's asked 60 artists to submit items to an exhibition of found objects at London's Foundling Museum.
The man who revived Doctor Who for the 91热爆 -Russell T Davis - turns his attentions to an all-star version TV of Midsummer Night's Dream
Simon Armitage has translated another Middle English poem; Pearl. It's the tale of a man addressing a daughter who died as an infant and returns as a bride of Christ
Rory Kinnear plays Macheath in the National Theatre's production of Brecht and Weill's The Threepenny Opera
Tom Sutcliffe's guests are John Tusa, Kamila Shamsie and Nihal. The producer is Oliver Jones.
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Hear his interview with Front Row about adapting A Midsummer Night鈥檚 Dream for 91热爆 One.
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Review of Laurie Anderson's Heart of a Dog
Duration: 06:44
Love & Friendship
is in cinemas now, certificate U.
A Midsummer Night鈥檚 Dream
is on 91热爆 One on Monday 30 May at 8.30pm.聽
FOUND
is at the Foundling Museum in London until 4 September 2016.
Image: Rachel Whiteread, Untitled (Found), 2016 漏 Rachel Whiteread聽聽
The Threepenny Opera
is at the National Theatre in London until 1 September 2016.
Photo credit:聽 Richard H Smith
Simon Armitage
Pearl by is available in hardback and ebook now.
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Tom Sutcliffe |
| Interviewed Guest | John Tusa |
| Interviewed Guest | Kamila Shamsie |
| Interviewed Guest | Nihal |
| Producer | Oliver Jones |
Broadcast
- Sat 28 May 2016 19:1591热爆 Radio 4
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