Michael Frayn, Derek Walcott, and David Hare's play South Downs
Michael Frayn on his new novel Skios, Derek Walcott directs one of his own plays, and a theatrical double-bill of Rattigan's The Browning Version and David Hare's South Downs.
With Mark Lawson.
Michael Frayn discusses his new novel Skios, a story of mislaid identity, confusion and miscalculated consequences set on a Greek island. And in the light of an acclaimed new revival of his stage farce Noises Off, he also reflects on the hits and misses of his theatrical career.
David Hare's latest play South Downs was commissioned by Chichester Festival Theatre as a companion piece to Terence Rattigan's one act play The Browning Version. Anna Chancellor takes a leading role in the two plays, which are both set in minor public schools half a century ago. Kathryn Hughes reviews.
The Nobel Prize-winning Caribbean poet Derek Walcott is in the UK to direct a professional production of his 1978 play Pantomime. He considers his approach to the stage and to poetry, and why he chose this particular play for revival.
Producer Jerome Weatherald.
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Michael Frayn
Michael Frayn discusses his new novel Skios
Duration: 14:21
South Downs and The Browning Version
Kathryn Hughes reviews South Downs and The Browning Version.
Duration: 05:52
Derek Walcott
The Nobel Prize-winning Caribbean poet Derek Walcott.
Duration: 07:31
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- Wed 25 Apr 2012 19:15麻豆社 Radio 4
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