with the Radio 2 Arts Programme
A review of the Midlands arts scene with an emphasis on Stratford. Sir Peter Hall discusses directing Julius Caesar, Alec McCowen and Penelope Wilton are performing in Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard at The Swan, and Laurence Boswell directs his own translation of The Painter of Dishonour at the Other Place.
Elijah Moshinsky talks about directing the world premiere of Lord of the Hies for the RSC, and Julian Glover reads poetry by Robert Graves as part of the Stratford Poetry Festival. The show also visits Treasures from the Courts of Mughal India in Birmingham's Gas Hall and there's news of Birmingham Rep's autumn season.