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Role Play

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Six programmes in which Michael Billington talks to actors about key roles in the repertoire.
3: Fops
A key figure in Restoration drama is that of the Fop, the dandified stylist who appears in the plays of Wycherley, Vanbrugh and Etherege. Actors
Donald Sinden and Simon Russell
Beale discuss the pleasures and challenges of playing the role.

Contributors

Talks:
Michael Billington
Unknown:
Donald Sinden
Unknown:
Simon Russell
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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