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Leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond, themed across a week - insight, opinion and intellectual surprise.

The Essay: Half Shame, Half Glory - Postcards from the Acting Profession

The Essay: Half Shame, Half Glory - Postcards from the Acting Profession: Episode 1: Diana Quick

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Half Shame, Half Glory - Postcards from the Acting Profession

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Diana Quick reflects on the role of actors as storytellers.

Diana Quick reflects on an actor's role as a storyteller and describes the voice as the most essential instrument.

The actress Diana Quick sees actors as story-tellers, and reflects on how the voice is the most essential of instruments.

Diana Quick was the first woman president of the Oxford University Dramatic Society. She is perhaps best known for her role as Julia Flyte in the television production of Brideshead Revisited. Stage credits include: Hamlet (Royal Shakespeare Company), Troilus and Cressida (National Theatre), and Mother Courage & Her Children (Royal Court). She has one daughter with actor Bill Nighy; the actress Mary Nighy. Her autobiography A Tug On The Thread is published by Virago.

Series produced by Sasha Yevtushenko.

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.

Five actors give their thoughts on what it means to be a member of their profession

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