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BBC Radio 3
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Philip French, former drama critic of the New Statesman, recently visited the United States. His report on current tendencies includes comment on new plays by Lanford Wil son, David Mamet , Sam Shep hard and this year's Pulitzer Prizewinning author D. L. Coburn. He also talks about the influence of the New Thanatology, musicals without books, and the transformation of a seedy block on 42nd Street into a row of experimental playhouses.

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Lanford Wil
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David Mamet
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Sam Shep
Source: Radio Times

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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