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Front Row: Mark Strong and Ivo van Hove; Harlan Coben; Bernadette Peters; Lunchbox

Mark Strong and Ivo van Hove; Harlan Coben; Bernadette Peters; Lunchbox

11/04/2014

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Actor Mark Strong and director Ivo van Hove on their production of A View From the Bridge.

Actor Mark Strong and director Ivo van Hove on their production of A View From the Bridge, author Harlan Coben on his novel Missing You, and Broadway star Bernadette Peters.

With Razia Iqbal.

Actor Mark Strong and director Ivo van Hove discuss their new production of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge. Mark Strong explains why this play, and the role of Brooklyn longshoreman Eddie Carbone, persuaded him to return to the stage for the first time in a decade.

Bernadette Peters is one of Broadway's most critically acclaimed performers, known as a key interpreter of Stephen Sondheim's musicals. In London to perform at the Olivier Awards, Bernadette Peters discusses her relationship with Sondheim and the resilience needed to maintain a long career.

Best-selling author Harlan Coben talks about his latest thriller, Missing You. He discusses creating his protagonist Kat Donovan, an NYPD cop, the current "golden age" of crime writing and the impact that the internet and online dating sites have had on the police thriller.

The Lunchbox, an Indian film from director Ritesh Batra, explores a mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system that connects a young housewife to an older man. Anil Sinanan reviews.

We remember the author Sue Townsend, who has died aged 68. In a Front Row interview from 2012 she discusses her unusual sense of humour and what she wants next for Adrian Mole.

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