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Front Row: Jez Butterworth and Sam Mendes on The Ferryman

Jez Butterworth and Sam Mendes in a Front Row Special on The Ferryman

22/06/2017

Jez Butterworth and Sam Mendes on The Ferryman

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Jez Butterworth and Sam Mendes on The Ferryman

Director Sam Mendes and playwright Jez Butterworth on The Ferryman.

Writer Jez Butterworth and director Sam Mendes discuss collaborating on The Ferryman, as the highly acclaimed play transfers to London's West End.

Playwright Jez Butterworth and director Sam Mendes, two of the biggest names in theatre, discuss The Ferryman, one of the hottest plays of the year. The pair, who had previously worked together on Bond, reveal how a mutual love of football resulted in this latest collaboration.

In a Front Row special John Wilson goes behind the scenes at the Gielgud Theatre as the cast and crew prepare to open in London's West End.

The play is set in rural Derry in 1981 against the backdrop of the Troubles. The Carney family are preparing for the harvest feast when unwelcome visitors bring news of the discovery of a body forcing patriarch Quinn to confront the IRA past he had tried to escape. 

Northern Irish actress Laura Donnelly tells John the true story from her family's history that inspired the play and film star Paddy Considine discusses making his stage debut as part of a huge cast including a baby, a real rabbit and a live goose.

Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Marilyn Rust.

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