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Theater der Welt '81 in Cologne

International theatre companies join German ones in Cologne for Theater der Welt '81

Theater der Welt '81 in Cologne hosts international groups such as the Moscow Theatre of Satire and the Peking Opera, as well as German companies like Pina Bausch's Tanztheater Wuppertal. (A further report from Cologne on 30 June.) Fran莽ois Truffaut's new film, The Last Metro, starring Catherine Deneuve, about a Paris theatre company during the German Occupation, plus an interview with the director. New UK exhibitions by British abstract artists, painter Bridget Riley and sculptor Anthony Caro. Composer Benjamin Britten remembered in books by Alan Blyth and Christopher Hemington, and the first recording of Britten's Third Cello Suite.
Presenter: Michael Billington.

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29 minutes

麻豆社 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project