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Tracey Thorn, Jekyll and Hyde, Howard Brenton on Magna Carta

Duration: 30 minutes

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

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Tracey Thorn, singer-songwriter and one half of Everything But the Girl, discusses her work as a solo artist, which forms the basis of a new two-disc compilation.

ITV's new adaptation of the Jekyll and Hyde story begins this Sunday. Greg Tate, lecturer in Victorian literature, talks us through how TV and film have made use of the character over the years.

As part of the commemoration of the Magna Carta's 800th anniversary, Salisbury Playhouse has commissioned four internationally-known dramatists to write new plays inspired by the document, said to be the origin of the liberties and the rule of law we enjoy today. Playwrights Howard Brenton and Sally Woodcock discuss their separate dramas. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Tracey Thorn
Interviewed Guest:
Greg Tate
Interviewed Guest:
Howard Brenton
Interviewed Guest:
Sally Woodcock
Interviewed Guest:
Adam Smith

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