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Start the Week

Cross-dressing and masculinity with Grayson Perry

Duration: 43 minutes

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

Available for over a year

On Start the Week Grayson Perry discusses the concept of masculinity in modern Britain with Mary Ann Sieghart. The new artistic director at the Globe Theatre, Emma Rice, explains how she is playing with gender in Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream, and the celebrated mezzo-soprano Alice Coote talks of her career in 'breeches', singing the male role. The former artists' model, Kelley Swain reveals what it's like being the object of a work of art.
Producer: Katy Hickman. Show less

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Grayson Perry
Interviewed Guest:
Emma Rice
Interviewed Guest:
Alice Coote
Interviewed Guest:
Kelley Swain
Producer:
Katy Hickman

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