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Front Row: Black Work, Robert Wilson, Mayas Exhibition, Manda Scott

Black Work, Robert Wilson, Mayas Exhibition, Manda Scott

18/06/2015

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Black Work, Robert Wilson, Mayas Exhibition, Manda Scott

A review of TV drama Black Work, and Robert Wilson on Krapp's Last Tape.

Arts news, including TV drama Black Work, Robert Wilson on Krapp's Last Tape, the Mayas Exhibition in Liverpool, and Manda Scott on her latest novel featuring Joan of Arc.

Black Work is ITV's new crime drama and stars Sheridan Smith as a female PC whose detective husband is murdered. Crime writer Denise Mina reviews. 

Samira talks to the veteran avant-garde director and visual artist Robert Wilson who is bringing his highly stylized production of 'Krapp's Last Tape' to the Barbican's International Beckett Season. Wilson not only directs and designs, he plays Krapp, too, in a solo tour-de-force performance. 

Mayas: Revelation of an Endless Time is a new exhibition at Liverpool's World Museum which explores the 2500 years of Maya history through 385 objects. It's part of the cultural calendar to mark 2015's Dual Year of Mexico in the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom in Mexico. Dr Amy Fuller, a lecturer in the History of the Americas reviews.

Manda Scott's latest novel, Into The Fire, is set in 15th century and 21st century France and has Joan of Arc at its heart. Manda discusses her fascination with her heroine, and how she was so much more than a standard bearing peasant girl.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Rebecca Armstrong.

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