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FRIDAY 28 NOVEMBER
Presented by Francine Stock
MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA
Critic and broadcaster, Peggy Reynolds reviews Helen Mirren in a new production of Eugene O'Neill's play Mourning Becomes Electra which opened at the National Theatre in London last night.
Mourning Becomes Electra by Eugene O'Neill, Lyttleton Theatre at the National Theatre, London, 28 and 29 November, 1 - 4 and 18 December
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THIRTEEN
Catherine Hardwicke talks to Francine Stock about the pleasures and the pains of directing her first film, Thirteen, a tale of teenage female rebellion in present-day Los Angeles.
Thirteen opens in selected cities around the country on Friday 5 December
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ENDANGERED INSTRUMENTS
As a campaign is underway to encourage thousands of youngsters to take up six neglected musical instruments, Roderick Swanston of the Royal College of Music looks at the endangered fauna of the orchestral habitat.
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ILLUMINATING THE RENAISSANCE
Tomorrow the Royal Academy opens its doors to a new exhibition of illustrated Renaissance manuscripts. Dr Susie Nash, an expert in manuscripts from the Courtald Institute reviews it.
Illuminating the Renaissance - The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe, Royal Academy, London 29 November to 22 February 2004
View the Renaissance Gallery
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JOE HARRIOTT
Largely overlooked since his death thirty years ago, the popular and innovative Jamaican born saxophonist Joe Harriott is now the subject of a new biography. Francine Stock reassesses his life and work, with the musicians Michael Garrick, Gary Crosby and Tony Kinsey.
Joe Harriot - Fire in his Soul by Alan Robertson is published by Northway Publications
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