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Front Row: Amadeus, Astrid Lindgren's war diaries, Richard Wright

Amadeus, Astrid Lindgren's war diaries, Richard Wright

27/10/2016

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Amadeus, Astrid Lindgren's war diaries, Richard Wright

Michael Longhurst and Lucian Msamati discuss their new NT production of Amadeus.

Michael Longhurst and Lucian Msamati discuss their new production of Amadeus, plus Astrid Lindgren's war diaries and Richard Wright's artwork for the Queen's House in Greenwich.

37 years after its landmark first production starring Paul Scofield as Salieri and Simon Callow as Mozart, Peter Schaffer's play Amadeus returns to the National Theatre in London. Director Michael Longhurst and Lucian Msamati - who plays Salieri - discuss their new production which features a 30-piece orchestra live on stage.

Before she became famous for creating the freckle-faced optimist Pippi Longstocking, Astrid Lindgren was an aspiring author living in Stockholm at the outbreak of World War II. Astrid's daughter Karin Nyman and author Meg Rosoff discuss A World Gone Mad - Astrid Lindgren's War Diaries, now available for the first time in English, which paint a picture of life in a neutral country during the conflict, and her emergence as a writer. 

As the Creative Industries Federation publishes its report on the possible impact of Brexit on the Arts, we speak to its Chief Executive John Kampfner about the key findings. 

Turner Prize-winning artist Richard Wright discusses his gold-leaf, ornamental design for the ceiling and walls of the Queen's House in Greenwich, the 17th century Palladian villa designed by the celebrated British architect Inigo Jones, which re-opened to the public recently.

Presenter Clemency Burton-Hill
Producer Jerome Weatherald.

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