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Joan Baez, Â鶹Éç National Short Story award shortlist, Hamlet

John Wilson talks to Joan Baez and screenwriter James Schamus, Alan Yentob announces the Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award shortlist, and Susannah Clapp reviews Maxine Peak in Hamlet.

With John Wilson. The singing legend with the bell-like voice, Joan Baez, about to perform at the Royal Festival Hall, talks about her extraordinary life and musical career.

Alan Yentob announces the shortlist for the Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award 2014, and James Schamus - the writer and producer whose films include Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Brokeback Mountain and Lost in Translation - talks about the future of Hollywood, ahead of his opening talk for the BAFTA Screenwriting Lectures Series.

Plus, Susannah Clapp reviews Maxine Peake as Hamlet at Manchester's Royal Exchange theatre.

Presenter : John Wilson
Producer : Dymphna Flynn
Image Credit: Marina Chavez.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • National Short Story Awards

    Alan Yentob announces the shortlist for the Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award 2014

    Duration: 05:15

  • Joan Baez

    Joan Baez, about to perform, talks about her extraordinary life and musical career

    Duration: 09:44

  • Hamlet

    Susannah Clapp reviews Maxine Peake as Hamlet at Manchester's Royal Exchange theatre

    Duration: 04:59

  • James Schamus

    James Schamus talks about the future of Hollywood, ahead of his opening lecture

    Duration: 07:58

National Short Story Award

National Short Story Award

The winner of theÌý in partnership with will be announced on Tuesday 30 September 2014.ÌýTo hear readings from each of the five shortlisted stories tune in to Radio 4 at 15:30 from .

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The five shortlisted nominees are:

Bad Dreams by Tessa Hadley
The Taxidermist’s Daughter by Francesca Rhydderch
Kilifi Creek by Lionel Shriver
Miss Adele Amidst the Corsets by Zadie Smith
The American Lover by Rose Tremain

Joan Baez

Joan Baez

is on at the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London from Wednesday 17Ìýuntil Sunday 21 September 2014. For more information on Joan Baez please see her .

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Image Credit: Marina Chavez

Hamlet

Hamlet

starring Maxine Peake is on at the , Manchester until Saturday 25 October 2014.

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Image: Katie West (Ophelia) and Maxine Peake (Hamlet) in Hamlet

Photo Credit: Jonathan Keenan

James Schamus

James Schamus

givesÌýthe firstÌýlecture, part of the 5th Annual Screenwriters' Lecture Series hosted by BAFTA and BFI in association with JJ Charitable Trust on Thursday 18 September 2014 at the , London.

Podcasts of this and all the lectures will be available on .Ìý

Video content will be available on .

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Photo Credit: BAFTA/Craig Blankenhorn

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter John Wilson
Interviewed Guest Joan Baez
Interviewed Guest Alan Yentob
Interviewed Guest James Schamus
Interviewed Guest Susannah Clapp
Producer Dymphna Flynn

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  • Wed 17 Sep 2014 19:15

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