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Eugene O'Neill Double Bill
Starring Jason Robards and Willem Dafoe
7.30 Hughie
A classic experimental drama. When the night clerk in a low-grade rooming house dies, a small-time gambler - and full-time loser - discovers that he has lost his only friend in New York.
Director Jose Quintero Repeat
8.20 The Emperor Jones
The famous Wooster Group perform O'Neill's classic expressionist text.
With the help of his smarmy sidekick Smithers, tinpot emperor Brutus Jones flees a native revolt only to face a night of primal terror in the jungle, confronting his past.
Director Elizabeth LeCompte

Contributors

Unknown:
Eugene O'Neill
Unknown:
Jason Robards
Unknown:
Willem Dafoe
Director:
Jose Quintero
Unknown:
Brutus Jones
Director:
Elizabeth Lecompte
Erie Smith:
Jason Robards
Night clerk:
Jack Dodson
Brutus Jones:
Kate Valk
Smithers:
Willem Dafoe
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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