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Front Row: Mary, Queen of Scots; Mike Figgis; Marianne Jean-Baptiste on Miles Davis

Mary, Queen of Scots; Mike Figgis; Marianne Jean-Baptiste on Miles Davis

27/06/2013

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Mary, Queen of Scots; Mike Figgis; Marianne Jean-Baptiste on Miles Davis

Liz Lochhead on Mary Queen of Scots exhibition, Mike Figgis, and the music of Miles Davis.

Arts news with John Wilson, including Liz Lochhead on Mary Queen of Scots exhibition, Mike Figgis on his new film, and Marianne Jean-Baptiste's Cultural Exchange choice.

With John Wilson.

Mary, Queen of Scots: betrayed Catholic martyr or murdering adulteress? A new exhibition at the National Museums of Scotland in Edinburgh re-examines Mary Stewart through portraits, documents, jewellery and furniture. Poet and dramatist Liz Lochhead - whose play, Mary Queen Of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off, looked at the relationship between Mary and Elizabeth I - reviews the exhibition.

Film director Mike Figgis is best-known for Timecode and Leaving Las Vegas, for which he was nominated for an Oscar. His latest project is Suspension Of Disbelief, a noir thriller which focuses on the art of film-making and narrative. He discusses storytelling in cinema, the current state of the UK film industry and his experiences directing James Gandolfini on the set of The Sopranos.

Front Row pays tribute to stage designer Mark Fisher, who completely transformed the way that rock shows took place, and designed for The Rolling Stones, U2, Peter Gabriel and Pink Floyd, as well as for the Beijing and London Olympics, and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee concert.

Oscar-nominated actress Marianne Jean-Baptiste, currently starring in The Amen Corner at the National Theatre, reveals her choice for Cultural Exchange: jazz trumpeter Miles Davis's influential album, Kind Of Blue.

Producer Rebecca Nicholson.

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