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Spotlight Episodes

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    The Picture of Dorian Gray

    Ian McDiarmid explores The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde's only novel

  2. The Piano Turner's Wives

    Dennis Hawthorne talks about Irish playwright William Trevor

  3. The Painter of Signs

    Discussion of the play of the novel by RK Narayan - The Painter of Signs

  4. The No Boys Cricket Club

    Indhu Rubasingham discusses constructing a play in which women meet their younger selves

  5. The Monkey King

    The legend of The Monkey King set in 1950s Hong Kong

  6. The Mask

    "The mask is this incredible device to transform yourself"

  7. The Killing of Sister George

    Miriam Margolyes talks about Frank Marcus's play The Killing of Sister George

  8. The Job of the Repetiteur

    John Shea talks about the piano at rehearsals of an opera

  9. The Importance of the Musical Score in Silent Films

    Playing the piano and the how styles of music convey meaning in silent films

  10. The Human Voice

    Training the voice - an actor describes voice production in theatres

  11. The House Swap

    Penelope Wilton discusses a play about a couple swapping life in the US for the UK

  12. The Herbal Bed

    "She's a free-thinking spirit" Kate Duch锚ne on playing Shakespeare's daughter, Susanna

  13. The Goodbye Girl

    Gary Wilmot talks about the musical by Neil Simon, David Zippel and by Marvin Hamlisch

  14. The Golem

    Discussion of the Golem of Jewish folklore - and how the story was turned into a musical

  15. The Gods Are Not to Blame

    A reworking of Sophocles tragedy Oedipus Rex, The Gods Are Not to Blame by Akassa Youmi

  16. The Globe Theatre Season

    Hilary Norris talks about forthcoming plays Banishing Lucifer and Charlie Tango

  17. The Globe Theatre

    Descriptions from the audience of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London

  18. The Globe Theatre

    Michael Holden on plans for the open air Elizabethan theatre in London, UK

  19. The Glass Menagerie

    Discussion of The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams with Laura Taylor

  20. The Front Page

    Actor Alun Armstrong discusses his character, an editor at the Chicago Examiner

  21. The Cyclist

    Discussion of the play by Vijay Tendulkar

  22. The Cripple of Inishmaan

    The play by Martin McDonagh as described by the actor who plays Billy Claven

  23. The Cherry Orchard

    Discussion of Anton Chekhov's Cherry Orchard

  24. The Cherry Orchard

    A light comedy or a serious drama?

  25. The Chairs

    Director Simon McBurney discusses the play The Chairs by Eug猫ne Ionesco

  26. The Bolshoi Ballet

    Discussion of the Bolshoi's production of Spartacus

  27. The Amen Corner

    Discussion of James Baldwin's play The Amen Corner

  28. Tennesee Williams

    Commentary on Tennesee Williams, American writer.

  29. Television and the Classic Serial

    Alan Davies talks about dramatising classic novels of English literature

  30. Technical Presentation for Radio Drama

    Graham Harper talks about techniques used in radio plays such as background sound

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