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James Corden on stage; Martin and Eliza Carthy

25/05/2011

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, James Corden on stage; Martin and Eliza Carthy

Mark Lawson meets Martin and Eliza Carthy and reviews James Corden in a Goldoni comedy.

Mark Lawson reviews James Corden on stage, talks to folk musicians Martin and Eliza Carthy and Stephen Poliakoff discusses an exhibition profiling Jewish entertainers.

With Mark Lawson, including an interview with folk musician Martin Carthy, who has just celebrated his 70th birthday. He and his daughter Eliza perform Farewell Sweet Nancy in the Front Row studio. 

James Corden returns to the National Theatre, where he appeared in The History Boys. Nicholas Hytner directs him in One Man, Two Guvnors, Richard Bean's new version of Goldoni's comedy. Gaylene Gould reviews. 

Dramatist Stephen Poliakoff discusses an exhibition profiling Jewish entertainers in Britain on stage, screen and in music. 


Producer: Andrea Kidd.

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