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World Service,23 Jun 1981,28 mins

The Shoemaker's Holiday and the spirit of London

Meridian

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Sheridan Morley reviews the National Theatre's production of The Shoemaker's Holiday, a bawdy comedy by Shakespeare contemporary Thomas Dekker. Sarah Dunant talks to director Sir Peter Hall and Romanian opera singer Ileana Cotrubas, from Benjamin Britten's A Midsummer Nights Dream at Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Plus, Gunter Grass' new historical novel, The Meeting at Telgte, about a fictional meeting of intellectuals, is discussed by critic Bill Webb. Presented by Sarah Dunant.

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