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Benedict Cumberbatch, Sarah Boulos, Divine

Actor Benedict Cumberbatch on Shakespeare, ballet teacher Sarah Boulos on the artform in Nigeria and Rapper Divine on his music

Actor Benedict Cumberbatch discusses playing Shakespeare鈥檚 Richard III, the historical British monarch.
Actor Ian Mckellen reads a translation into Shakespeare-style old English of lyrics by Canadian rapper Drake鈥�.aka 鈥淒rakespeare鈥�
Music-Theatre composer Stephen Sondheim discusses Shakespeare in the USA
Director L谩szl贸 Nemes discusses film versus digital technology and talks about making his Oscar-winning Nazi-era film 鈥淪on of Saul鈥�
Our book club from Africa explores new writing from Congo 鈥淭ram 83鈥�, and Nigeria 鈥淪eason of Crimson Blossoms鈥�
Singer Waltraud Meier talks about her interpretation of the role of Klytemnestra in the blood-soaked Strauss opera 鈥淓lektra鈥� currently at the Met Opera in New York.
We hear about ballet in Nigeria and also meet India鈥檚 new music talent 鈥� the rapper Vivian Fernandes aka Divine.

(Photo: Left to right, Benedict Cumberbatch. Credit: 蜜芽传媒/Neal Street Productions/Carnival/NBCUniversal/Thirteen/Robert Viglasky. Sarah Bolous. Vivian Fernandes, aka Divine)

50 minutes

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Tue 10 May 2016 01:06GMT
蜜芽传媒 World Service Australasia

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Chapters

  • Benedict Cumberbatch

    Duration: 02:53

  • Ian McKellen does "Drakespeare"

    Duration: 05:36

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Duration: 04:52

  • L谩szl贸 Nemes

    Duration: 07:39

  • Zukiswa Wanner on Tram 83 by Fiston Mwanza Mujila and Season of Crimson Blossoms by Abubakar Adam Ibrahim

    Duration: 12:50

  • Waltraud Meier

    Duration: 04:19

  • Ballet in Nigeria

    Duration: 03:18

  • Vivian Fernandes AKA Divine

    Duration: 01:02

Broadcasts

  • Sun 8 May 2016 14:06GMT
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  • Mon 9 May 2016 08:06GMT
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  • Mon 9 May 2016 23:06GMT
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  • Tue 10 May 2016 01:06GMT
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