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Spotlight Episodes

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    Wilkie Collins

    Discussion of the author of The Moonstone, Mr Percy and the Prophet and The Woman in White

  2. Wigmaking

    The art of making wigs with real hair for use in theatre productions

  3. Widowers' Houses

    Fiona Shaw's adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's play Widowers' Houses

  4. What's Coming Up on Play of the Week

    Gordon House discusses School for Wives and Death and the Maiden

  5. West of Eden Play

    Harry Harrison talks about his play and huge changes in technology

  6. Way Upstream

    Russell Dixon who is starring in the Alan Ayckbourn play Way Upstream talks about the play

  7. Walking Around Britain

    "To travel alone, on foot is the most efficient way of gathering material"

  8. Volpone

    Ben Jonson's play about greed

  9. Voices on The Wind

    Tanika Gupta describes the actions of Bengali Indian freedom fighter and revolutionary Dinesh Gupta, as outlined in her book, Voices On The Wind.

  10. Uncle Vanya vs The Wood Demon

    Director Anthony Clark discusses Anton Chekhov's plays Uncle Vanya and The Wood Demon

  11. Truman Capote

    A flamboyant writer who lived his life in public

  12. Tobey Maguire on The Cider House Rules

    Working on Lasse Hallstr枚m's film adaptation of John Irving's novel

  13. Timon of Athens

    Discussion of Shakespeare's play Timon of Athens

  14. Three Hours After Marriage

    Discussion of this restoration comedy written in 1717

  15. This Lime Tree Bower

    Irish playwright, Conor McPherson on his play set in an out of season seaside town

  16. Theatre School

    The transition from drama school to acting professionally and a love for theatre over TV

  17. Theatre Critics

    Judith Matrell discusses the work of the critic

  18. Theatre Agents

    The excitement felt by the agent in finding a new talent or by securing work for those under their umbrella of care.

  19. The Woman Who Laughed

    Joyce Carol Oates describes writing this radio drama

  20. The Woman in Black

    The classic ghost story play, adapted from Susan Hill's short story by Stephen Mallatratt

  21. The Use of Recorded Effects in Stage Plays

    Sound engineer talks about sound effects used in a production of Henry IV, part 2

  22. The Tempest

    Playing Prospero in Shakespeare's play

  23. The Speculator

    Stephen Wyatt on his adaptation of The Speculator

  24. The Sorrows of Young Werther

    Discussion of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's novel The Sorrows of Young Werther

  25. The Snow Palace

    Pam Gems talks about her play about the Polish writer Stanislawa Przybyszewska

  26. The Seagull

    Director Stephen Unwin talks about Anton Chekhov's play The Seagull

  27. The Rocky Horror Show

    Nicholas Parsons on his role as narrator in The Rocky Horror Show

  28. The Process of Editing

    The role an editor plays in whittling down a play when it is considered too long

  29. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

    Phyllida Lloyd on the tale of an Edinburgh schoolteacher who holds her pupils in thrall

  30. The Power of The Dog

    Ellen Dryden talks about her play The Power of The Dog

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