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Salome
"The piece deals with five incredibly lonely people"
The Golem
Discussion of the Golem of Jewish folklore - and how the story was turned into a musical
The Cyclist
Discussion of the play by Vijay Tendulkar
The Snow Palace
Pam Gems talks about her play about the Polish writer Stanislawa Przybyszewska
Duane Hanson
Realistic sculptor Duane Hanson's exhibition
The House Swap
Penelope Wilton discusses a play about a couple swapping life in the US for the UK
Mary Guterson
International Radio Playwriting competition winner Mary Guterson
The Tempest
Playing Prospero in Shakespeare's play
Olivier Messiaen
Discussion about Olivier Messiaen's use of birdsong to inspire music composition
Singing Opera
Discussion with Italian female opera singer and recording artist
Brutality of Fact
Discussion of Keith Reddin's play about women
The Use of Recorded Effects in Stage Plays
Sound engineer talks about sound effects used in a production of Henry IV, part 2
Sound Effects in Radio Drama
The Power of The Dog
Ellen Dryden talks about her play The Power of The Dog
Wilkie Collins
Discussion of the author of The Moonstone, Mr Percy and the Prophet and The Woman in White
Bernard-Marie Koltes
Discussion of the French writer who wrote In the Solitude of the Cotton Fields
Semele
Discussion on John Eccles's opera Semele
Play Not Known
"How do you feel when you watch someone who has never been loved?"
Candide
Candide was Volitaire's way of saying what he wanted to say about man
Discussion of obsession, Sinatra and people who live their lives through others
Frank Lloyd Wright
Discussion about Frank Lloyd Wright, the iconic organic architect
Walking Around Britain
"To travel alone, on foot is the most efficient way of gathering material"
Rupa Lucian, Child of Romania
Christopher Templeton talks about the radio play Rupa Lucian, Child of Romania
The Gods Are Not to Blame
A reworking of Sophocles tragedy Oedipus Rex, The Gods Are Not to Blame by Akassa Youmi
Lights Out
Discussion with playwright Manjula Padmanabhan about her play Lights Out
The Bolshoi Ballet
Discussion of the Bolshoi's production of Spartacus
Frederick Ashton
Discussion of the the English ballet choreographer Frederick Ashton
Eurydice
Jean Anouilh's version of the story of Eurydice
Christian missionaries, colonialism, and the family links between Scotland and Zimbabwe
The Sorrows of Young Werther
Discussion of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's novel The Sorrows of Young Werther
Book Not Known
Discussion about Collection Of Interwoven Adventure Stories, such as Isaac Newton, Robert Hooke