When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other, Kafka's Last Trial, Bonnard, Destroyer
When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other at London's National Theatre, Kafka's Last Trial by Benjamin Balint, Bonnard at Tate Modern, Nicole Kidman in Destroyer
Cate Blanchett's appearance on London's theatre scene has caused so much excitement that ticket allocation is by ballot; When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other: Twelve Variations on Samuel Richardson's Pamela at the National Theatre is described as "six characters who act out a dangerous game of sexual domination and resistance."
When Franz Kafka died in 1924, he left instructions that any remaining manuscripts should be burnt. These instructions were not followed and a legal battle ensued to decide to whom they should belong: to the country of his language - Germany, of his birth - Czechoslovakia or his cultural affinities -Israel?. Benjamin Balint's book follows the machinations of alleged ownership
An exhibition of paintings by Pierre Bonnard at Tate Modern; "The Colour Of Memory" includes several canvases with their frames removed to reveal how he worked.
Nicole Kidman plays a cop setting out to establish justice and to right wrongs in Destroyer.
And a sneak preview of Saturday Review's Podcast Extra
Cultural picks this week:
Lynn Shepherd – True Detective – series 1 and 3 https://www.hbo.com/true-detective
Katie Puchrik – https://www.sceneonradio.org/
Inua Elems – American sonnets for My Past and Future Assassins by Terrance Hayes
Toms Sutcliffe's guests are Inua Ellams, Katie Puckrik and Lynn Shepherd. The producers are Oliver Jones and Hilary Dunn
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When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other
Kafka's Last Trial
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Pierre Bonnard (1867 – 1947)
Window Open on the Seine (Vernon) (Fenêtre ouverte sur la Seine (Vernon)) 1911-12
Oil paint on canvas
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(c) Ville de Nice Musée des Beaux-Arts Jules Chéret
Photo Muriel ANSSENS
Destroyer
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- Sat 26 Jan 2019 19:1591Èȱ¬ Radio 4
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