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Front Row

A Streetcar Named Desire Review; Daniel Hope and Gabriel Prokofiev; Crime Writing; Summer Pop

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Gillian Anderson stars in a new production of A Streetcar Named Desire at the Young Vic Theatre in London, which Matt Wolf reviews. Composer Gabriel Prokofiev and violinist Daniel Hope discuss their collaboration for tonight's Prom which features the world premiere of Gabriel's Violin Concerto 1914. Kate Mossman evokes the pop songs that conjure up summer. And the crime reporters who turn to crime novel-writing: Laura Lippman, former crime reporter at the Baltimore Sun and David Mark, former crime reporter at the Yorkshire Evening Post, discuss how their new careers in crime fiction have been influenced by their former trade. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Matt Wolf
Interviewed Guest:
Daniel Hope
Interviewed Guest:
Gabriel Prokofiev
Interviewed Guest:
Laura Lippmann
Interviewed Guest:
David Mark
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Mossman
Producer:
Elaine Lester

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