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Front Row: Christopher Hampton, Maggie's Plan, Arnolfini, Queens of Syria

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06/07/2016

Christopher Hampton, Maggie's Plan, Arnolfini, Queens of Syria

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Christopher Hampton, Maggie's Plan, Arnolfini, Queens of Syria

Christopher Hampton, Maggie's Plan, Arnolfini, Queens of Syria.

Arts news, interviews and reviews. Christopher Hampton on translating The Truth, Maggie's Plan reviewed, Bristol's Arnolfini centre, and the play Queens of Syria.

Playwright and screenwriter (Atonement; Les Liaisons dangereuses) Christopher Hampton on translating the work of Florian Zeller, as his latest play The Truth transfers to London's West End.

Maggie's Plan starring Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke, and Julianne Moore - and directed by Rebecca Moore - is a romantic comedy with a twist. After Maggie, played by Gerwig, falls for a married man, she decides to try and reunite him with his wife. Film critic Larushka Ivan-Zadeh reviews.

With the announcement of the winner of the 2016 Art Fund Prize for Museum of the Year being made this evening, Front Row visits the fifth and final shortlisted entry, Arnolfini, a gallery and arts centre on the harbourside in Bristol.

Queens of Syria began in Jordan as a project for female Syrian refugees, updating Euripides' The Trojan Women to reflect their own experiences. As the play comes to the UK for a nationwide tour we speak to cast members Sham and Amwar and the director of the UK production Zoe Lafferty.

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