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Front Row

Playing Iago; Bridget Riley; Stephen Witt; Christopher Lee and Ron Moody remembered; Soweto Kinch on Ornette Coleman

BBC Radio 4

Duration: 30 minutes

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

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Hugh Quarshie and Lucian Msamati discuss playing Othello and Iago in the RSC's first production to cast a black actor as Iago.

Kim Newman remembers the actor Christopher Lee who has died aged 93 and Tony Robinson remembers the actor Ron Moody who he appeared with in the original stage production of Oliver!

Richard Cork reviews a new retrospective of Bridget Riley's work at the De La Warr Pavilion in Sussex.

Saxophonist Soweto Kinch pays tribute to Ornette Coleman, the legendary jazz saxophonist who has died aged 85. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Lucian Msamati
Interviewed Guest:
Hugh Quarshie
Interviewed Guest:
Iqbal Khan
Interviewed Guest:
Tony Robinson
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Cork
Interviewed Guest:
Kim Newman
Interviewed Guest:
Soweto Kinch
Producer:
Ellie Bury
Source: BBC Online

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