Should Stephen Fry play Lady Bracknell? Author R.F. Kuang and Marlowe and Shakespeare
Should Stephen Fry play Lady Bracknell? R.F. Kuang鈥檚 novel on hell as a university campus; Spies and lovers? The relationship between Shakespeare and Marlowe; Terence Stamp.
As the National Theatre鈥檚 production of The Importance of Being Earnest transfers to the West End with Stephen Fry taking the role of Lady Bracknell, but do older actresses lose out when men are cast in women鈥檚 roles? Nikolai Foster, Artistic Director of the Leicester Curve Theatre and Nicky Clark, founder of the Acting Your Age Campaign discuss.
The bestselling author of Yellowface, R.K. Kuang, discusses her new novel Katabasis.
Director Daniels Evans talks about his production of Born With Teeth which sees actors Ncuti Gatwa and Edward Bluemel reimagine the relationship of Marlowe and Shakespeare.
And we hear archive of the late actor Terence Stamp, one of the defining cinematic figures of his generation talking about working with Federico Fellini.
Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Ruth Watts
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