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30/01/2015

Neneh Cherry, David Constantine, April de Angelis

BBC Radio 4 - The Verb, Neneh Cherry, David Constantine, April de Angelis

Ian McMillan's guests include Neneh Cherry, David Constantine and April de Angelis.

Ian McMillan presents Radio 3's cabaret of the word. With singer Neneh Cherry, David Constantine on Brecht's love poems and April de Angelis on erotic language on the stage.

Ian's guests on the 'cabaret of the word' include Neneh Cherry, David Constantine and April de Angelis.

The singer-songwriter Neneh Cherry rose to fame with her debut solo album 'Raw Like Sushi', which featured the number 1 single 'Buffalo Stance'. Cherry's latest album is 'Blank Project', and she discusses her songwriting process.

After the death of Bertolt Brecht, 2,000 poems were discovered, which are now being translated into English for the first time. David Constantine has edited a selection of 78 poems in 'Bertolt Brecht: Love Poems' (Liveright), and discusses what we can learn about Brecht from these personal poems.

The dramatist April de Angelis has adapted 'The Life and Times of Fanny Hill' for the stage. She tells us about working with erotic language on the stage.

This programme contains Adult Themes.

Produced by Faith Lawrence.

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